Bernard of Clairvaux
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Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist., venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercian
San Bernardo by Juan Correa de Vivar, held in the Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
Bernard exorcising a possession, altarpiece by Jörg Breu the Elder, c. 1500
Bernard holding a demon at his feet, oil on canvas by Marcello Baschenis, c. 1885
The abbey of Cluny as it would have looked in Bernard's time
Clairvaux Abbey
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Clairvaux Abbey was a Cistercian monastery in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, 15 kilometres from Bar-sur-Aube. The abbey was founded in 1115 by Bernard of Clairvaux. As a primary abbey, it was one of the most si
Bernard of Clairvaux
…co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercian Order. Bernard was sent to found Clairvaux Abbey only a few years after becoming a monk at Cîteaux. In 1128, Bernard attended the Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the…
The main entrance to the abbey
An early 18th-century view of the abbey, prior to the reconstruction that began in 1708
The prison as it appeared in 1901