Bernard of Valdeiglesias

Saint Bernard of Valdeiglesias
Died c. 1155
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast 20 August
Patronage Candeleda, Spain

Bernard of Valdeiglesias (or "of Candeleda") was a Benedictine Cistercian monk at Valdeiglesias, province of Avila, Spain.

Life

Bernard joined the Cistercians in 1177.[1] He was sent with a group of other monks to establish a monastery at Grandassilva in Estremadura, which effort failed when the community was devastated by the plague.

He is Patron saint of Candeleda, Spain, and is invoked against rabies.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Merton, Thomas. "Saint Bernard de Candilada, Monk of Valdeiglesias, Spain", In the Valley of Wormwood: Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden Age, Liturgical Press, 2013, ISBN 9780879077587



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