St. Bernard

Bernard was born into a noble French family that loved their Catholic faith. After the death of his saintly mother, Bernard entered the Cistercian monastery. Several of his brothers and friends loved and trusted him, so they, too, entered the monastery. As the years went on, even popes and kings asked the trustworthy Bernard for advice. He has been declared a Doctor of the Church because we can trust that what he wrote about God and the Blessed Mother is true.