Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090–1153)

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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux reconciles the antipope Anacletus II with Pope Innocent II. Engraving by J. Frey, 1743, after C. Maratta.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Steel engraving.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint Antony Abbot and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Etching by A. Zucchi after S. Manaigo after G. Porta, il Salviati.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Line engraving.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux with the Instruments of the Passion. Gouache painting.

Saint Jerome, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (?), Saint Dominic Guzman, Saint Clare, Saint Gregory the Great, Saint Ambrose and Saint Augustine of Hippo. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: he kneels before the Virgin and Christ Child. Etching by A. Jameson after B.E. Murillo.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux kneeling before the Virgin and Christ Child. Colour etching by A. Scacciati, 1766, after G.B. Poccetti.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: he kneels before a vision of the Virgin and Christ Child. Engraving.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: he kneels before a vision of the Virgin and Christ Child. Line engraving by M. Brandi, 1788, after J. Camaron.

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Gouache painting.

Linee per una antropologia prescolastica / [Armando Rigobello].

Epistolae / [Bernard].

Modus bene vivendi / [Bernard].

[The conte[n]tes of this boke. A werke of preparacion, vnto co[m]munion, or howselyng : The werke for housholders with the golden pistle and alphabete or crosrowe called an. A.B.C. all duely corrected and newly prynted].

Saint Bernards vision. Or, A briefe discourse (dialogue-wise) betweene the soule and the body of a damned man newly deceased : laying open the faults of each other: With a speech of the divels in hell. To the tune of, Fortune my foe.

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Bernard of Clairvaux

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Images featuring Bernard of Clairvaux

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Epistolae / [Bernard].

Modus bene vivendi / [Bernard].

[The conte[n]tes of this boke. A werke of preparacion, vnto co[m]munion, or howselyng : The werke for housholders with the golden pistle and alphabete or crosrowe called an. A.B.C. all duely corrected and newly prynted].

Saint Bernards vision. Or, A briefe discourse (dialogue-wise) betweene the soule and the body of a damned man newly deceased : laying open the faults of each other: With a speech of the divels in hell. To the tune of, Fortune my foe.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Images from the collections

Images featuring Bernard of Clairvaux

Works from the collections

Epistolae / [Bernard].

Modus bene vivendi / [Bernard].

[The conte[n]tes of this boke. A werke of preparacion, vnto co[m]munion, or howselyng : The werke for housholders with the golden pistle and alphabete or crosrowe called an. A.B.C. all duely corrected and newly prynted].

Saint Bernards vision. Or, A briefe discourse (dialogue-wise) betweene the soule and the body of a damned man newly deceased : laying open the faults of each other: With a speech of the divels in hell. To the tune of, Fortune my foe.

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