Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist. ( Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order through the nascent Cistercian Order.
He was sent to found
Clairvaux Abbey at an isolated clearing in a glen known as the Val d'Absinthe, about 15 kilometres (9 mi) southeast of
Bar-sur-Aube. In the year 1128, Bernard attended the
Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, which soon became an ideal of Christian nobility. (
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Patronage:
Cistercians,
Burgundy, beekeepers, candlemakers,
Gibraltar,
Algeciras,
Queens' College, Cambridge,
Speyer Cathedral,
Knights Templar
See also:
Bernardo Tolomei;
Maria De Mattias
Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist. ( Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order through the nascent Cistercian Order.
He was sent to found
Clairvaux Abbey at an isolated clearing in a glen known as the Val d'Absinthe, about 15 kilometres (9 mi) southeast of
Bar-sur-Aube. In the year 1128, Bernard attended the
Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, which soon became an ideal of Christian nobility. (
Full article...)
Attributes: -
Patronage:
Cistercians,
Burgundy, beekeepers, candlemakers,
Gibraltar,
Algeciras,
Queens' College, Cambridge,
Speyer Cathedral,
Knights Templar
See also:
Bernardo Tolomei;
Maria De Mattias