Saint Bernardo degli Uberti

Memorial

• 4 December

Profile

Member of the Florentine nobility. Benedictine Vallombrosan monk. Abbot of San Salvi monastery. General-superior of the Vallombrosans. Created cardinal by Pope Urban II in 1097. Papal legate. Bishop of Parma, Italy in 1106. Exiled twice during disputes with anti-papal forces opposing Pope Saint Gregory VII, and with those who supported Conrad II as king of Germany, but considered a successful bishop.

Born

• at Florence, Italy

Died

• 4 December 1133 in Parma, Italy of natural causes

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Bernardo degli Uberti”. Saints.SQPN.com. 1 August 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-bernardo-degli-uberti/>