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    • The Knights Templar and Knights Hospitaller - Medieval Warfare
      • Bernard wrote persuasively on the Templars behalf in the letter ' In Praise of the New Knighthood ', and in 1129, at the Council of Troyes, he led a group of leading churchmen formally to approve the Order on behalf of the Church.
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  2. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153) may well represent the most important figure in Templarism. In our opinion past researchers have generally failed to credit St Bernard with the pivotal role he played in the planning, formation and promotion of the infant Templar Order.

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      “The principles of St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s life are still...

    • The Knights Templar

      The Catholic Church's Views on the Knights Templar by Tasha...

  3. In the year 1128, Bernard attended the Council of Troyes, at which he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, which soon became an ideal of Christian nobility. On the death of Pope Honorius II in 1130, a schism arose in the church.

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  4. Jun 7, 2020 · How and why St Bernard became involved in the formation of the Knights Templar may never be fully understood. There is no doubt that he was blood-tied to some of the first Templar Knights, in particular Andre de Montbard, who was his maternal uncle.

  5. Jan 18, 2023 · Bernard believed that the duties of the Knights Templar was more honorable than the evils associated with ordinary military life. He reiterated that being recruited as a Templar was a way of saving one’s soul from eternal damnation. In this light, Bernard endorsed the Templar Order and helped with its establishment.

  6. Apr 17, 2024 · St. Bernard of Clairvaux (born 1090, probably Fontaine-les-Dijon, near Dijon, Burgundy [France]—died August 20, 1153, Clairvaux, Champagne; canonized January 18, 1174; feast day August 20) was a Cistercian monk and mystic, founder and abbot of the abbey of Clairvaux and one of the most influential churchmen of his time.

  7. NARRATOR: Bernard of Clairvaux emerged as one of the co-initiators of the Second Crusade. He praised the military order, the Knights Templar. In 1174, 20 years after his death, Bernard of Clairvaux was canonized. Overview of St. Bernard of Clairvaux's life.

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  8. The Influence of St. Bernard of Clairvaux on the Formation of the Order of the Knights Templar. Marie Luise Bulst-Thiele. After the conclusion of the First Crusade, more pilgrims visited the Holy Land than ever before. Unprotected, many of these pilgrims were attacked, losing their property and often their lives.

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