Bernard

(GREAT ST.,) (bair'nar,) [anc. Mont Jovis,] a remarkable pa in the chain of the Alps, between Piedmont and the Valois. It owes its modern name to the great celebrity of the Hospice, said to have been founded by St. Bernard, in 862, for the succor of travellers. The Hospice is situated on the summit of the pa , 11 m. N.N.W. of Aosta, and 17 S S.E. of Martigny, at 8,150 ft. above the sea-level, being the highest habitation in the Alps. This gorge, which was traversed by Roman armies, by Charlemagne, and by Frederick Barb a ro a, is chiefly celebrated for the pa age of Napoleon at the head of a French army of 30,000 men, with cavalry and artillery, May 15-21, 1800. The road has been of late years much improved, and rendered pa able for cars. The LITTLE ST. BERNARD is a mountain of the Graian Alps, S. of Mont Blanc; elevation of convent, 7,076 ft. [s. 90]