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St Bernard

(1090—1153) French monk

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Bernard

Bernard (1090–1153)   Reference library

The Oxford Companion to Chaucer

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(1090–1153),

born in Burgundy, became a Cistercian monk and (in 1115) abbot of Clairvaux. He became an

Bernard, St , abbot of Clairvaux

Bernard, St , abbot of Clairvaux (1090–1153)   Reference library

The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

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Born in Fontaines-lès-Dijon, the son of Tescelin le Saur and Aleth de Montbard, both members of the Burgundian *nobility

Bernard de Clairvaux, Saint

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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French

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(1091–1153),

born of a noble family, renounced riches and worldly pleasures and founded the first Cistercian monastery, at

Bernard of Clairvaux

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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages

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(1090–1153)

St Bernard was born at Fontaine-lès-Dijon (some kilometres north of Dijon). His father was a knight

Bernard of Clairvaux, St

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions

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(1090–1153).

Christian monastic reformer and mystical writer. He joined the Cistercian monastery at Citeaux in c.1111,

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