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Portrait of Bernard of Clairvaux. Portrait of Bernard of Clairvaux. Born 1090 in Fontaine-les-Dijon, France. Died 20 August 1153 in Clairvaux, France. Steel engraving by Eduard Rittinghaus (1830 - after 1898), after Ernst Deger (1809-1885), c. 1860. Good condition. Paper with some faint to very faint spotting. Verso: blank. Dimensions: 75 x 47 mm. Bernard of Clairvaux was Saint, Monk, Cistercian, Abbot, Confessor, Leader in the revitalization of Benedictine monasticism, Doctor of the Church, Doctor Mellifluus, and Founder of Clairvaux Abbey. Portrait of Bernard of Clairvaux. Born 1090 in Fontaine-les-Dijon, France. Died 20 August 1153 in Clairvaux, France. Steel engraving by Eduard Rittinghaus (1830 - after 1898), after Ernst Deger (1809-1885), c. 1860. Good condition. Paper with some faint to very faint spotting. Verso: blank. Dimensions: 75 x 47 mm. Bernard of Clairvaux was Saint, Monk, Cistercian, Abbot, Confessor, Leader in the revitalization of Benedictine monasticism, Doctor of the Church, Doctor Mellifluus, and Founder of Clairvaux Abbey.