Humbeline of Jully (c. 1091 c. 1136) was a

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nun in 11th-12th century

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, who was beatified in the

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in 1703 by

Pope Clement XI Pope Clement XI ( la, Clemens XI; it, Clemente XI; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI w ...

. After obtaining permission from her then-husband, Humbeline entered the community of nuns at Jully in 1133, when a charter records the

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she contributed. She later became prioress at Jully. Humbeline was born to

Tescelin de Fontaine Tescelin le Roux ( – 11 April 1117), or Tescelin de Fontaine, Tescelin le Saur, Tescelin Sorus, was a Kingdom of Burgundy, Burgundian knight, keeper of a castle on the road from Paris to Dijon, and father of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. His castle ...

, lord of

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, and Alèthe de Montbard, both nobles of

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. She was the younger sister of

Bernard of Clairvaux Bernard of Clairvaux, O. Cist. ( la, Bernardus Claraevallensis; 109020 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templars, and a major leader in the reformation of the Benedictine Order through ...

, and her entry into the

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priory A priory is a monastery of men or women under religious vows that is headed by a prior or prioress. Priories may be houses of mendicant friars or nuns (such as the Dominicans, Augustinians, Franciscans, and Carmelites), or monasteries of mon ...

at Jully, apparently at the urging of her brother, figures in accounts of Bernard of Clairvaux's life.

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