Saint of the Day: Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153): Bernard revised and reformed the Cistercians in the early 1100s. He was an advisor to two kings, and a spiritual director of Pope Eugenius III. An extensive author, he was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius VIII.

Image: The Vision of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux by Alonso Cano, 1657-1660