Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France · 1090-1153
"Dr. Melifluo," author of the Salve Regina and one of the great devotees of the Virgin Mary.
His life
Bernardo de Claraval was born in 1090 in Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France. He entered the Cister at the age of 22 and founded the abbey of Clarenda.
Her Marian devotion
Bernardo had a deep devotion to the Virgin Mary. He is attributed the authorship of the Salve Regina and of numerous sermons on the Virgin.
His death
He died on 20 August 1153 in Claraval, at the age of 63. He was canonized in 1174 and declared Doctor of the Church in 1830.
«Acordaos, oh piadosisima Virgen María.»