Bernard of Menthon | |
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| Born | c. 1020 Château de Menthon, County of Savoy, Kingdom of Burgundy |
| Died | June 1081 Imperial Free City of Novara, Holy Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church (Canons Regular of St. Augustine), Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 1681, Rome, Papal States by Pope Innocent XI |
| Feast | May 28, June 15 |
| Attributes | In the mountains, with a dog |
| Patronage | mountaineers, skiing, snowboarding, backpacking and the Alps |
Bernard of Menthon or Bernard of Aosta[1] was a Burgundian Catholic priest and founder of the Great St Bernard Hospice,[2] as well as its associated Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard.[3]
- ^ St Bernard of Aosta.
- ^ Walter Woodhurn Hyde, "The Great St. Bernard Pass and Its Hospice", Isis, 27(2) (Aug., 1937), pp. 306–320, esp. 312.
- ^ "Canons Regular of the Hospitaller Congregation of Great Saint Bernard (C.R.B.)". GCatholic. Retrieved 2018-06-14.