Bernard of Clairvaux

aka Bernardus Claraevallensis

Country

France

Languages

Medieval Latin

Dates

c. 1090 — 1153

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Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist., venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercian Order.