Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . as born inFrance ; greater, if only in this,that the weapons of his warfarewere not carnal. That the workwas good in itself, we think willbe clear from a perusal of thelife of the warrior - monk, His birthplace was Fon-taines, near Dijon, in Burgundy;his father, Tecelin, a knight ofhonorable reputation, and so ab-sorbed in his profession that he was compelled to leavethe care of his seven sons, of whom Bernard was thethird, to his wif
Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5 . as born inFrance ; greater, if only in this,that the weapons of his warfarewere not carnal. That the workwas good in itself, we think willbe clear from a perusal of thelife of the warrior - monk, His birthplace was Fon-taines, near Dijon, in Burgundy;his father, Tecelin, a knight ofhonorable reputation, and so ab-sorbed in his profession that he was compelled to leavethe care of his seven sons, of whom Bernard was thethird, to his wife Aleth. She was a pious and gentlewoman, strictly attached to the duties of religion, andanxious for the spiritual rather than the temporal welfareof her children, whom she therefore devoted to the clois-ter. A dream, it is said, had indicated to her the futurefame of her third son, before his birth. He rapidly dis-played signs of possessing no ordinary character. His education was undertakenby the then celebrated school of Chantillon and the University of Paris, wherehe remained some years, actively pursuing his studies. His mother died soon. ST. BERNARD 61 after his return home, and he then proceeded to fulfil her wish, which accordedwith his own, of becoming a monk. His father and friends endeavored to dis-suade him from this step, but instead, he persuaded five of his brothers andtwenty-five other friends to join him in the career which he had chosen. Hisfather and remaining brothers subsequently followed him, and the whole familytook monastic vows. Bernard did not select for his abode one of those monas-teries whose wealth and splendor had corrupted the intention of their founders,and softened the severity of the original discipline. His motive was truly relig-ious, and took the superstitious form then almost inseparable from earnest and his comrades entered the poor convent of Citeaux, near Dijon, wherethe rules of life enjoined by St. Benedict in the sixth cent
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