A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 76
s ofthree bishoprics which herefused; the bee hive, a sym-bol of eloquence. The mi-tre and crosier as Abbot ofClairvaux are given him butrarelv. Au;. 20, A. d. 1153.St. Bernard Ptolomei{Iul. San Bernardo dei Tol-omei). He Avas of an illus-trious family of Siena; bornin 1272. He… … St. Bernard writing the Missus Est. ten in miles from Siena,ani. They were BenedictinesAugust 21, A.D. 1348. St. Bernard of Menthon was by birth a noble Savoyard.In his youth he was serious and studious, showing such traits ofcharacter as fitted him for a religious life. His father wished himto…
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