Bernardines may refer to: *

Cistercians The Cistercians, () officially the Order of Cistercians ( la, (Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint ...

, a Roman Catholic religious order, sometimes called the Bernardines *

Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes The Bernardine Cistercians of Esquermes are a small branch of the Cistercian Order. They follow the Rule of St Benedict, and co-operate with the apostolic mission of the Catholic Church through educational activities and hospitality. There are eig ...

, a small branch of the Cistercians *

Bernardines (Franciscans) Bernardines is the historical, traditional name for members of the Polish province of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscan Observants) established in 1453. The official name is Province of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the ...

, the name by which the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscan Observants) is known in the lands of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, after Bernardino of Siena *

Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis The Bernardine Sisters of St. Francis are a Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic apostolic congregation of pontifical right, based in Reading, Pennsylvania. The order was founded in 1894 by Mother Veronica Grzedowska, a Poland, Polish nun from Za ...

, a Roman Catholic religious order based in Pennsylvania, United States *The multi-ethnic mercenary army formerly commanded by German Protestant general

Bernard of Saxe-Weimar Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (german: Bernhard von Sachsen-Weimar; 16 August 160418 July 1639) was a German prince and general in the Thirty Years' War. Biography Born in Weimar within the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar, Bernard was the eleventh son of Johan ...

during the

Thirty Years' War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (80 ...

, inherited by the French after his death

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