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'''St. Bernard of Clairvaux'''(b. 1090, died August 21, 1153) was a gifted holy man of [[France]]. Bernard was an Abbott, a monk, a Theologian, and a poet. One of the greatest spiritual masters of all times. He had a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and there is no one who speaks more sublimely of the Queen of Heaven. The most powerful propagator of the Cistercian reform. A very wise man that the [[Pope]] commissioned to lead the Second Crusade. Helped end the schism of anti-Pope Anacletus II. St. Bernard founded and led the monastery at Clairvaux which had over 700 monks. Proclaimed a [[Doctor of the Church]] by Pope Pius VIII.

'''St. Bernard of Clairvaux''' (b. 1090, died August 21, 1153) was a gifted holy man of [[France]]. Bernard was an Abbott, a monk, a Theologian, and a poet. One of the greatest spiritual masters of all times. He had a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin, and there is no one who speaks more sublimely of the Queen of Heaven. The most powerful propagator of the Cistercian reform. A very wise man that the [[Pope]] commissioned to lead the Second Crusade. Helped end the schism of anti-Pope Anacletus II. St. Bernard founded and led the monastery at Clairvaux which had over 700 monks. Proclaimed a [[Doctor of the Church]] by Pope Pius VIII.

==Early Life==

==Early Life==

St. Bernard was born in a castle, the third of seven sibling into the highest nobility in Burgundy, France. <ref>[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=559 St. Bernard of Clairvaux] Catholic Online</ref> His parents would send him for the finest of educations. At the age of nine years, Bernard was sent to a much renowned school at Chatillon-sur-Seine. He had a great taste for literature and devoted himself for some time to poetry. His success in his studies won the admiration of his masters, and for his growth in virtue. <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02498d.htm St. Bernard of Clairvaux] Catholic Encyclopedia</ref> Soon after his mother died, in 1113 Bernard decided to enter the monastery of Cîteaux, he was twenty-two.

St. Bernard was born in a castle, the third of seven siblings into the highest nobility in Burgundy, France. <ref>[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=559 St. Bernard of Clairvaux] Catholic Online</ref> His parents would send him for the finest of educations. At the age of nine years, Bernard was sent to a much renowned school at Chatillon-sur-Seine. He had a great taste for literature and devoted himself for some time to poetry. His success in his studies won the admiration of his masters, and for his growth in virtue. <ref>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02498d.htm St. Bernard of Clairvaux] Catholic Encyclopedia</ref> Soon after his mother died, in 1113 Bernard decided to enter the monastery of Cîteaux, he was twenty-two.

==Monastery of Cîteaux==

==Monastery of Cîteaux==