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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 Templars, and a major leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order through the nascent Cistercian Order. On the death of Pope Honorius II in 1130, a schism arose in the church.
Bernard, abbot of Clairvaux 1115–1153, was one of the most eloquent preachers and spiritual writers of the medieval period. His involvement in public affairs led him into conflict with two of the most distinguished schoolmen of his day, namely with Peter Abelard (1079–1142) at the Council of Sens (1141) and Gilbert of Poitiers (1076–1154) at the Council of Reims (1148).
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, ST. Abbot, monastic theologian, and Doctor of the Church; b. Fontaines-les-Dijon, a village near Dijon, 1090; d. Clairvaux, August 20, 1153. Life. Bernard's family was of noble lineage, both on the side of his father, Tescelin, and on that of his mother, Aleth or Aletta, but his ancestry cannot be clearly traced beyond his ...
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153) was a French abbot and the primary reformer of the Cistercian order. Founded by Celebration of Discipline author Richard J. Foster, Renovaré is a Christian nonprofit that helps people in becoming more like Jesus.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, ST. (1090–1153) St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the monastic reformer and theologian, was born of a noble family at Fontaine, France, near Dijon. He became a Cistercian at Cîteaux in 1112 and founding abbot of Clairvaux in 1115. Throughout his life he was a tireless founder, reformer, preacher, and writer who, as friend or ...
Bernard of Clairvaux. (1090–1153). French saint and one of the most powerful men of his time, Bernard of Clairvaux led the Cistercian order of White Monks, who adhered to the strictest form of Benedictinism, to its greatest growth and the height of its influence. Bernard is considered the founder of the Cistercian order and the last of the ...
Bernard of Clairvaux. Humility, Important, Three. 118 Copy quote. The measure of love is love without measure. Bernard of Clairvaux. Love, Inspirational, Love Is. Saint Bernard (of Clairvaux), William (of Saint-Thierry, Abbot of Saint-Thierry), Saint Aelred (of Rievaulx) (1983). “The love of God, and spiritual friendship”, Multnomah Pub.
