Saint bernard of clairvaux biography of barack

          Born to a noble family near Dijon France in AD, St. Bernard was inspired by the example of a new religious congregation, the Cistercians, who had abandoned.

          He was born to a family of minor nobility in the year and received an education typical of those of his class.2 He became a monk in the newly founded order....

          St. Bernard of Clairvaux

          Born in 1090, at Fontaines, near Dijon.

          France; died at Clairvaux, 21 August, 1153.

          Soon after his birth, he was baptized and consecrated to God by his virtuous mother.

        1. Bernard's career, it may be useful to give here a brief outline of his life.
        2. He was born to a family of minor nobility in the year and received an education typical of those of his class.2 He became a monk in the newly founded order.
        3. Born to a noble family near Dijon France in AD, St. Bernard was inspired by the example of a new religious congregation, the Cistercians, who had abandoned.
        4. St Bernard was born at Fontaines, near Dijon, France.

          5. His parents were Tescelin, lord of Fontaines, and Aleth of Montbard, both belonging to the highest nobility of Burgundy. Bernard, the third of a family of seven children, six of whom were sons, was educated with particular care, because, while yet unborn, a devout man had foretold his great destiny.

          At the age of nine years, Bernard was sent to a much renowned school at Chatillon-sur-Seine, kept by the secular canons of Saint-Vorles. He had a great taste for literature and devoted himself for some time to poetry.

          The Project Gutenberg eBook, St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh, by HJ Lawlor.

          His success in his studies won the admiration of his masters, and his growth in virtue was no less marked. Bernard's great desire was to excel in literature in order to take up the study of Sacred Scripture, which later on became, as it were, his own tongue.

          "Piety was his all," says Bossuet. He had a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and there is no one who s