Bernard of Clairvaux
Abbot
Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist., venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order through the nascent Cistercian Order. Wikipedia
Born: 1090, Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France
Died: August 20, 1153 (age 63 years), Clairvaux Abbey
Parents: Tescelin le Roux and Aleth of Montbard
Siblings: Gerard of Clairvaux
Attributes: Cistercian habit; book; crosier
Canonized: 18 January 1174, Rome, Papal States, by Pope Alexander III