Bernard of Clairvaux

American  

[bur-nahrd uhv klair-voh] / bɜrˈnɑrd əv klɛərˈvoʊ /

noun

1. Saint the Mellifluous Doctor, 1090–1153, French monk, preacher, and mystical writer.

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Bernard of Clairvaux British  

noun

1. Saint . ?1090–1153, French abbot and theologian, who founded the stricter branch of the Cistercians in 1115

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Bernard of Clairvaux

The Second Crusade, from 1147 to 1149, was heralded by a new generation of preachers like Bernard of Clairvaux who inspired believers to “take up the cross.”

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Bernard of Clairvaux was humiliated and apologized to the pope, claiming the sins of the crusaders had caused the defeat.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

In the nineteen-fifties, the brilliant Trappist monk Thomas Merton, who would become a friend and mentor to Berrigan, published a book about St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the twelfth-century Trappist.

From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016

For an explanation of Joseph's response, I am persuaded by the exegesis of Bernard of Clairvaux in which he has pieced together the remaining fragments of the lost gospel of Saint Trevor.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2012

Then the scene changed and we found ourselves in Mellefont Abbey, the first Cistercian monastery in Ireland, founded by St. Malachy, the friend of St. Bernard of Clairvaux.

From Humanly Speaking by Crothers, Samuel McChord