A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 75
. Der Heilige Bernhard;Fr. Saint Bernard) was aman of great power andimportance. He was born in1100 at Fontaine near Dijon.He was tlie son of a noble,and his mother, Alice, was aremarkable Avoman. She hada large number of children,all of whom she nursed ather own breast, as she be-lieved that… … (Fra Angelico.)St. Bernard of Clairvaux. ered. He had great personalbeauty. After studying atthe University of Paris, heentered at tAventy the Bene-dictine Monastery of Citeaux. He resisted all temptations, and it isrelated of him, that findinfr himself gazing on a beautiful womanwith a feeling of…
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