# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:28:21.298Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Bernard became a monk at Cîteaux and was sent to found Clairvaux Abbey within a few years. In 1128 he attended the Council of Troyes, where he traced the outlines of the Rule of the Knights Templar, shaping an ideal of Christian nobility. When Pope Honorius II died in 1130 and the church split, Bernard argued effectively for the legitimacy of Pope Innocent II over Antipope Anacletus II. He advocated crusades broadly and in 1146 delivered a famous sermon at Vézelay that convinced many to join the Second Crusade, which ultimately failed. He was canonized in 1174, just 21 years after his death on 20 August 1153, and in 1830 Pope Pius VIII declared him a Doctor of the Church.