Blessed Bernard Tolomeo
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- Also known as
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Bernardo Tolomei
Giovanni Tolomeo
- Memorial
- 21 August
- Profile
- Changed his name to Bernard from admiration for Bernard of Clairvaux.
Educated by his Dominican uncle.
His father prevented him from entering the religious life.
Lawyer.
Theologian.
Soldier.
Politician and government official.
Struck blind, he recovered his sight through the intervention of the Blessed Virgin, after which he became a hermit.
Accused of heresy, but soon cleared his name.
Founder of the Benedictine congregation of the Blessed Virgin of Monte Oliveto.
During a bout of the plague, Bernard and his monks cared for any who needed it; none of the brothers became sick.
- Born
- 1272 at Siena, Tuscany as Giovanni Tolomei
- Died
- 1348 of natural causes
- Beatified
- 24 November 1644 by Pope Innocent X (cultus confirmed)
- Canonized
- pending; on 3 July 2008 Pope Benedict XVI issued a decree acknowledging a miracle attributable to Blessed Bernard
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Wikipedia
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