Abbot and Doctor.
(1091-1153).
He is, non other than the founder, the admirable propagator and the most illustrious ornament of the Cistercian Order, the guide of the twelfth century, the promoter of the Second Crusade, a formidable controversialist, a fruitful ascetic writer and most devoted to the Mother of God.
V: Saint Bernard.
A: Pray for us.
Info of the Saint:
Feast | August 20 |
Born | 1090 Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France |
Died | 20 Aug. 1153 (aged 63) Clairvaux, France |
Nationality | French |
Canonization | 18 Jan. 1174, Rome by Pope Alexander III |
Patronage | Cistercians, Burgundy, beekeepers, candlemakers, Gibraltar. |
Quote from the Saint:
“There is then an upward as well as a downward road — a road to good and a road to evil. Avoid the evil and choose the good. If you cannot do this by yourself, pray with the prophet and in his words: Remove from me the way of iniquity.”
– Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
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