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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090/1–1153)
Bernard of Clairvaux or St. Bernard (ber-närd’ uv klār-vō’). A French theologian, church father, and saint; born at Fontaines, near Dijon, 1091; died at Clairvaux, Jan. 12, 1153. His five books on ‘Reflection’ are written in a clear and cheerful style; and the hymn, ‘Jesu! the Very Thought of Thee,’ is in use in all the churches of our day. (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).