BERNARD

ST., was one of the most noted theologians of the Middle Ages. He was born in ioqi, and entered the Cistercian Monastery at the age of 22, and finally became Abbot of Clairvaux Monastery. Pope Alexander III. canonized him in 1174. 21 years after his death. He founded more than 70 monasteries. He drew up the statutes of the Knights Templars in 1128. The influence he had, and the reverence felt for him, gave him great power in the political movements of the time. He was one of the greatest of the Latin hymn-writers.