RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Bernard of Clairvaux

1090 - 1153

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Bernard of Clairvaux, O.Cist. (Latin: Bernardus Claraevallensis; 1090 – 20 August 1153), 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 Order. Bernard was sent to found Clairvaux Abbey only a few years after becoming a monk at Cîteaux. In the year 1128, Bernard attended the Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, which soon became an ideal of Christian nobility. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard of Clairvaux is the 184th most popular religious figure (down from 105th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from France (down from 112th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Religious Figure.

Bernard of Clairvaux is most famous for being a Cistercian monk and the founder of the abbey of Clairvaux.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bernard of Clairvaux ranks 184 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Celestine III, Barnabas, Pope Clement IV, Pope Boniface IX, Pope Gregory VIII, and Pope Innocent VII. After him are Pope Urban III, Pope Joan, Pope Damasus II, Pope Siricius, Pope Benedict XI, and Lazarus of Bethany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1090, Bernard of Clairvaux ranks 1. After him are Sigurd the Crusader, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, Antipope Anacletus II, Eric II of Denmark, Qin Hui, Douce I, Countess of Provence, Ulvhild Håkansdotter, Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen, and Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester. Among people deceased in 1153, Bernard of Clairvaux ranks 1. After him are Pope Eugene III, Anna Komnene, David I of Scotland, Gampopa, Al-Shahrastani, Bernard de Tremelay, and Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernard of Clairvaux ranks 145 out of 6,770. Before him are Camille Saint-Saëns (1835), Hugh Capet (940), Charles IX of France (1550), Pope Clement IV (1190), Jean Cocteau (1889), and Évariste Galois (1811). After him are Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122), Roland Barthes (1915), Charles I of Anjou (1226), Gérard Depardieu (1948), Paul Verlaine (1844), and Jean-François Champollion (1790).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Bernard of Clairvaux ranks 11. Before him are Pope Clement VI (1291), Pope John XXII (1244), Pope Innocent VI (1282), Pope Gregory XI (1370), Pope Benedict XII (1280), and Pope Clement IV (1190). After him are Pope Callixtus II (1065), Pope Urban IV (1185), Pope Martin IV (1220), Thérèse of Lisieux (1873), Bernadette Soubirous (1844), and Saint Sebastian (300).

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