08 works, Today, August 20th, is the Saint Bernard of Clairvaux’s day, his story illustrated #232

Philip Pino Libby
Apparition of The Virgin to St Bernard, c. 1486

Oil on panel
Height: 210 cm (82.6 in); Width: 195 cm (76.7 in)
Badia Fiorentina, Florence, Italy

Bernard of Clairvaux (090–20 August 1153) was a French abbot and a major leader in the revitalization of Benedictine monasticism through the nascent Order of Cistercians…

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