Doctor of the Church
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Religious · Doctor of the Church — Mellifluous Doctor · Feast August 20
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
Feast month
8
Ecclesial role
religious
Feast day of month
20