Bernard of Clairvaux, French Abbot(1090-1153)

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Just the Facts:

• Name: Bernard of Clairvaux
• Birth: Unknown Date, 1090, Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France
• Death: August 20, 1153, Clairvaux Abbey
• Language: Latin, French
• Who he was: French abbot and saint; Apologia ad Guillelmum (Apology to William of Saint-Thierry) on religious art; Liber ad milites templi de laude novae militiae (Book to the Knights of the Temple, in Praise of the New Knighthood); sermons

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