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Memorial

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

Feast day
August 20
Patron of
beekeepers
Origin
French

Life

Bernard of Clairvaux was a Cistercian monk and Doctor of the Church who became the most influential churchman of the twelfth century. His mystical writings on the love of God and devotion to Mary earned him the title Mellifluous Doctor.

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