Bernard of Menthon was a Burgundian Catholic priest and founder of the Great St Bernard Hospice, as well as its associated Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard.
Bernard of Menthon
Great St Bernard Pass, 2469 m, August 2003
Saint Bernard on the flag of the Tyrolean Alpine Guard, detachment Villgraten Valley
Église Saint-Bernard de Menthon in Ferrette, Alsace
The Great St Bernard Hospice, named after its founder Bernard of Menthon, is a hospice and hostel for travelers at the Great St Bernard Pass in Switzerland. At an elevation of 2,469 m (8,100 ft) in the Pennine Alps, it is located a few hundred metres north from the border with Italy. It is part of the municipality of Bourg-Saint-Pierre in the Swiss canton of Valais.
Great St. Bernard Hospice
View from the lake
Alpine Mastiffs Reanimating a Distressed Traveller by Edwin Landseer, a painting thought to have started the legend that St Bernard dogs carried brandy kegs.