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Cistercian summary

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St. Bernard of Clairvaux
St. Bernard of Clairvaux Summary
St. Bernard of Clairvaux ; canonized January 18, 1174; feast day August 20) was a Cistercian monk and mystic, founder and abbot of the abbey of Clairvaux (France), and one of the most influential churchmen of his time. In the Roman Catholic Church he is venerated as the patron saint of beekeepers,
St. Peter's Basilica
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Roman Catholicism, Christian religion that has been the decisive spiritual force in the history of Western civilization. Along with Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism, it is one of the three major branches of Christianity. It is led by the pope, as the bishop of Rome, and the Holy See forms the