but this acquisition was ephemeral.

Between 1143 and 1147 English monk Nicholas Breakspear was elected abbot. He traveled to Catalonia, where he was present at the siege of Tortosa (1148) and acquired a church in Barcelona. In 1150, he was made a cardinal and in 1154 was elected Pope Adrian IV. In 1158, the headquarters of the order was moved to .

Decline

Saint-Ruf in Avignon was the site of two interprovincial councils, the

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