 The principle was that Cîteaux should always be the model to which all the other houses had to conform.In case of any divergence of view at the chapter, the opinion espoused by the Abbot of Cîteaux always prevailed.By 1111 the ranks had grown sufficiently at Cîteaux, and Stephen sent a group of 12 monks to start a "daughter house", a new community dedicated to the same ideals of the strict observance of Saint Benedict.