Born in England around 1100, Isaac spent much of his youth in France (late 1120 - 1130?) to study extensively, probably in Paris and perhaps in Chartres, as well as in Poitiers. In 1147, he became Abbot of Notre-Dame de l’Étoile in Poitou, formerly a monastery of reformist “black monks” and incorporated into the Order of Cîteaux since 1145. At some point during the 1150s, he spent a relatively short time on the island of Ré to participate in the founding of the monastery of Notre-Dame des Châteliers . He was a friend of Thomas Becket and met Bernard de Clairvaux. It is also known that he played the role of an arbiter in patrimonial affairs in his region.
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