Saint Stephen Harding, also known as Stephen of Citeaux, Esteban, Etienne, Stefano, or Stevan, was born around 1060 in Meriot, Sherborne, England. He hailed from the English nobility but had a somewhat mis-spent youth. However, he was eventually drawn to the religious life and entered the Benedictine Sherborne Abbey. Following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, Stephen left the monastic...