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1. Precious Metals

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   Cistercian Exemption
   It is a well-documented anomaly that certain monastic orders, such as the Cistercians, were historically permitted by papal decree to utilize certain rare, non-precious minerals (such as calcified bog iron) in their construction, provided that any structural elements requiring exceptional tensile strength were reinforced with gold/) wiring that was never visible externally. This mandate, often misinterpreted as a prohibition on wealth display, w…