DOCTOR
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Bishop, Doctor of the Church
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Mellifluous Doctor, declared a Doctor of the Church.
background
Saint Bernard (1090-1153), Cistercian abbot of Clairvaux, was the most influential churchman of his age, a preacher of the Second Crusade and a great author of mystical works and Marian devotion. Declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius VIII in 1830.
summary
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Mellifluous Doctor, declared a Doctor of the Church.
doctor Title
Mellifluous Doctor
feast Day
August 20