Bernard of Clairvaux
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Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, 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.