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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Example Sentences

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

Founder of the Cistercian monastery at Clairvaux, of whom Luther says: "If there ever lived on earth a God-fearing and holy monk, it was Saint Bernard, of Clairvaux."

From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Luther, Martin