Bernard Of Menthon
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Menthon-Saint-Bernard Castle |
Menthon-Saint-Bernard | |
France | |
Died | Holy Roman Empire |
Novara | |
Italy | |
June 1081 | |
Novara | |
Italy | |
Attributes | In the mountains, with a dog |
Feast | May 28, June 15 |
Canonized | Pope Innocent XI |
Patronage | Mountaineering |
Skiing | |
Snowboarding | |
Alps | |
Job | Monk |
Date of birth | January 1,1020 |
Founded | Chanoines Réguliers Du Grand-Saint-Bernard |
Attribut | In the mountains, with a dog |
Canon | Rome |
Papal States | |
Pope Innocent XI | |
Patronag | backpacking |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2052754 |
Bernard Of Menthon Life story
Bernard of Menthon was a canon regular and founder of the Great St Bernard Hospice, as well as its associated Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard. He gave his name to the Saint Bernard breed of dog, originally bred for the cold environment of the hospice.