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Saint Bernard (other)
Saint Bernard refers primarily to Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153), a Christian saint, mystic, and reformer of the Cistercian order. Another prominent meaning is St. Bernard (dog), a breed of dog. St. Bernard, St Bernard or San Bernard may also refer to: People * Bernard degli Uberti (d. 1133), Catholic saint, Italian abbot, bishop, papal legate, and cardinal * Bernard of Corleone (1605–1667), Sicilian friar, Franciscan Blessed *Bernard of Menthon (c. 1020–1081 or 1086), Catholic saint, founder of the hostel at Great St Bernard Pass, and namesake of the famous dog breed * Bernard of Thiron (1046–1117), Catholic saint, French founder of the Tironensian Order *Bernardo Tolomei (1272–1348), Catholic saint, Italian theologian and founder of the Olivetans * Bernard of Vienne (778–842), Catholic saint, French bishop of Vienne 810–842. Places Brazil * São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, municipality in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo * São Bernardo, Maranhão, mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Of Clairvaux
Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercians, O.Cist. (; 109020 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, Mysticism, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercians, Cistercian Order. Bernard was sent to found Clairvaux Abbey only a few years after becoming a monk at Cîteaux Abbey, Cîteaux. In the year 1128, Bernard attended the Council of Troyes (1129), 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. Bernard was a major proponent of Pope Innocent II, arguing effectively for his legitimacy over the Antipope Anacletus II. The eloquent abbot advocated crusades in general and convinced many to participate in the unsuccessful Second Crusade, notably through a famous sermon at Council of Vézelay, Vézelay (1146). Bernard was canonized just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Bernard, Southern Leyte
Saint Bernard, officially the Municipality of Saint Bernard ( Kabalian: ''Lungsod san Saint Bernard''; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,414 people. Etymology Saint Bernard is named after Bernardo Torres, the former Governor of Leyte who played a significant role in the town's independence from Cabalian (now San Juan), then in the undivided province of Leyte. In gratitude to Torres, the local inhabitants unanimously chose to name the municipality in his honor. The honorific title "Saint" being a translation of the Spanish vernacular honorific "San" which is given to persons of virtue, wisdom, or generosity and the name Bernard being the English version of the name ''Bernardo''. History Saint Bernard traces its roots to the largest barrio of Cabalian, then known as "Himatagon". Governor Bernardo Torres of Leyte, which then encompassed Cabalian, facilitated the conversion of the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Bernardino (other)
San Bernardino is a large city in the Inland Empire Metropolitan Area of Southern California. San Bernardino may also refer to: Churches * San Bernardino alle Ossa, a church in Milan, Italy * San Bernardino (Verona), a church in Verona, Italy * San Bernardino, Rimini, a church in Rimini, Italy * San Bernardino, Urbino, a church in Urbino, Italy * San Bernardino Realino, a church in Carpi, Italy * Basilica of San Bernardino, a church in L'Aquila, Italy * San Bernardino in Panisperna, a church in Rome, Italy * Oratory of San Bernardino, Siena *San Bernardino da Siena, Carpi * San Bernardino de Siena Church, Xochimilco, Mexico * San Bernardino, Asciano Landforms *San Bernardino (torrent), a torrent that flows through the Italian province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola *San Bernardino Pass, a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps * San Bernardino River, in Sonora, Mexico *San Bernardino Strait, a strait in the Philippines *San Bernardino Valley, California * San Bernardino Valley (Arizona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernhard (other)
Bernhard is a given name and family name. Bernhard may also refer to: Places * Sankt Bernhard-Frauenhofen, Austria; a town * Sankt Bernhard, Thuringia, Germany; a municipality in Thuringia * Sànkt Bernhàrd, Alsace, France Other * Bernhard-Theater Zürich, a theater in Zürich, Switzerland * Operation Bernhard, a German World War II plot to destabilise the British economy by flooding the country with forged money * Regiment Stoottroepen Prins Bernhard, an infantry regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army See also * Saint Bernard (other) * Barnard (other) * Bernard (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard (other)
Bernard is a given name and a family name. Bernard may also refer to: Given or monastic name Surname Places * Bernard, Iowa, United States * Bernard Terminal, a bus terminal in the York Region Transit/VIVA system in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada * Great St Bernard Pass, the third highest road pass in Switzerland * Bernard (crater), a crater on Mars * St Bernard Pass (other) * San Bernardino Pass, between Thusis and Bellinzona in Switzerland Other uses * "Bernard", a song by Kazumi Watanabe from the album ''Kilowatt'' * ''Bernard'' (TV series), a short animated TV series * Bernard Brewery, a Czech family brewery * '' Not Now, Bernard'', a children's book by David McKee * St. Bernard (dog), a Swiss dog breed See also * Barnard (other) * Bernat (other) * Bernhard (other) * San Bernardino (other) * São Bernardo (other) * Saint Bernard (other) * Société des Avions Bernard, French aircraft manufac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnard (other)
Barnard is a given name and family name. Barnard may also refer to: Places Australia * Barnard Island Group National Park, a national park in Queensland Canada * Mount Barnard (Alsek Ranges), aka Boundary Peak 160, a mountain on the British Columbia-Alaska border * Mount Barnard (Canada), a mountain on the British Columbia-Alberta border/Continental Divide in the Canadian Rockies * Barnard Island, an island in the Estevan Group on the North Coast of British Columbia United Kingdom * Barnard Castle, a castle and its surrounding town in Teesdale, County Durham, England * Barnards Green, a popular district centre in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England United States * Barnard, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Barnard, Kansas, a city * Barnard, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Barnard, Missouri, a city * Barnard, South Dakota, an unincorporated community * Barnard, Vermont, a town * Mount Barnard (Alsek Ranges), aka Boundary Peak 160, a mountain on the Alaska-British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texan Schooner San Bernard
The Texan schooner ''San Bernard'' was a two-masted schooner of the Second Texas Navy from 1839-1840. She was the sister ship of the Texan schooner San Jacinto, ''San Jacinto'' and the Texan schooner San Antonio, ''San Antonio''. In 1840, ''San Antonio'' was part of the Texas Navy flotilla led by Commodore Edwin Ward Moore which was dispatched to assist Yucatecan rebels that had taken up arms against Mexico. Returning to the Yucatan in 1841, ''San Bernard'' assisted in the capture of three Mexican prizes. Upon return to Galveston, ''San Bernard'' was driven ashore and was not repaired. When Texas joined the United States in 1846, ''San Bernard'' was transferred to the United States Navy and then sold for $150. Background of the Texas Navy The Texas Navy was officially formed in January 1836, with the purchase of four schooners: Texan schooner Invincible, ''Invincible'', Texan schooner Brutus, ''Brutus'', Texan schooner Independence, ''Independence'', and Texan schooner Liberty, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunnes Stores
Dunnes Stores is an Irish multinational retail chain that primarily sells food, clothes and household wares. It was founded by Ben Dunne (businessman, born 1908), Ben Dunne in 1944. In addition to its main customer base in Ireland, the chain also has operations in Spain. The format of most of the chain's stores in Ireland involves a grocery supermarket operating alongside a clothing/textiles store, although some stores contain only textiles and some contain only a supermarket. The grocery side of the business does not operate outside of Ireland, save for a limited grocery range in the Spanish stores. The larger stores usually contain a café branded as either Café Sol or Dunnes Stores Café. Dunnes Stores' original own brand of groceries was sold under the ''St Bernard'' brand introduced in 1956, becoming an Irish household name, but was rebranded as "My Family Favourites" in 2013. The main domestic competitors in the supermarket business are Tesco Ireland, Tesco, SuperValu (I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge
The San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge is a wildlife conservation area along the coast of Texas (USA), south of the towns of Sweeny and Brazoria, Texas. It encloses a bay behind a barrier island at the Gulf of Mexico. The refuge is located in southern Brazoria and eastern Matagorda counties. San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1969 and provides quality habitat for wintering migratory waterfowl and other bird life. Viewing the rippling marshes and ponds of the refuge gives an image of Texas as it was before settlement. Three national wildlife refuges on the Texas coast - Brazoria, San Bernard and Big Boggy - form a vital complex of coastal wetlands harboring more than 300 bird species. File:Louisiana iris bloom, San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge.jpg, Louisiana iris in bloom near the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge visitor’s center. File:American alligator in Moccasin Pond, San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge.jpg, An American alligator an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Bernard River
The San Bernard River is a river in Texas. Course San Bernard River flows from a spring near New Ulm, Texas to its mouth on the Gulf of Mexico, some to the southeast of the source. It passes through portions of Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Matagorda and Wharton counties. It passes alongside the Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, which shelters one of the last populations of the critically endangered Attwater's prairie-chicken, a ground-dwelling grouse of the coastal prairie ecosystem. The San Bernard River is one of a small number of rivers in Texas which empties directly into the Gulf. Its mouth was impeded in 2005 causing it to drain into the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, but was later corrected. Shortly after being opened back up, the entrance silted in again, and remains so at this time. Watershed The San Bernard drains approximately 1,850 square miles (4800 km2) of land, and its basin area is home to approximately 87,000 people acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Bernard, Nebraska
Saint Bernard is an unincorporated community in Platte County, Nebraska Nebraska ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Ka ..., United States. History Saint Bernard was laid out in 1878 on behalf of Bernard Schroeder. It was originally built up chiefly by Germans. A post office was established at Saint Bernard in 1879, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1906. References Unincorporated communities in Platte County, Nebraska Unincorporated communities in Nebraska {{PlatteCountyNE-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Bernard, Louisiana
Saint Bernard ( ) is an unincorporated community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located on Louisiana State Highway 300, east of the Mississippi River and southeast of Chalmette. Saint Bernard is home to four sites on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...: the Dr. Louis A. Ducros House, the Kenilworth Plantation House, Magnolia Mound, and the Sebastopol Plantation House. References Unincorporated communities in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Louisiana Unincorporated communities in the New Orleans metropolitan area {{Louisiana-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
