Blessed Bertrand of Garrigue
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- Also known as
- The Second Dominic
- Memorial
- 6 September
- Profile
- Priest.
Worked with the Cistercians.
Noted preacher.
Fought Albigensianism.
Worked with Saint Dominic de Guzman, and became his close friend and travelling companion.
Joined the Dominicans in 1216 and helped them survive and thrive in their early years.
Governed the first Dominican foundation in Paris, and helped establish their tradition of scholarship.
Dominican provincial of Provence.
Miracle worker.
Died during the preaching of a mission to the Cistercian sisters of Saint Mary of the Woods.
- Born
- c.1195 at Garrigue, diocese of Nīmes, France
- Died
- 1230 at Garrigue, diocese of Nīmes, France of natural causes;
buried in the cemetery of the Cistercian sisters of Saint Mary of the Words;
his grave became a place of pilgrimage and site of miracles;
when there began to be large numbers of pilgrims, his relics were translated to nearby church;
relics destroyed by Protestants during the religious wars
- Beatified
- 14 July 1881 Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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