Saint Bernard of Menthon

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Saint Bernard of Menthon was an 11th-century priest and missionary venerated as the patron saint of mountaineers and Alpine travelers, renowned for founding the Great St. Bernard Hospice in the Alps.

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Label Occurrences
Saint Bernard of Menthon canonical 5

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century Christian clergy ⓘ
Catholic saint ⓘ
Christian missionary ⓘ
Roman Catholic priest ⓘ
city ⓘ
hospice ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
patron saint ⓘ
activeIn Alps ⓘ
Great St. Bernard Pass ⓘ
associatedWith Great St. Bernard Pass ⓘ
St. Bernard dogs ⓘ
birthPlace Menthon-Saint-Bernard ⓘ
canonizationStatus saint ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 11th century ⓘ
commemoratedBy churches dedicated to Saint Bernard in Alpine regions ⓘ
pilgrimages to the Great St. Bernard Pass ⓘ
country France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Burgundy ⓘ
deathPlace Novara ⓘ
feastDay 28 May ⓘ
founded Great St. Bernard Hospice ⓘ
hasAttribute charity ⓘ
hospitality to travelers ⓘ
zeal for evangelization ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
influenced development of Alpine hospitality traditions ⓘ
knownFor care of travelers crossing Alpine passes ⓘ
founding the Great St. Bernard Hospice ⓘ
missionary work in the Alps ⓘ
locatedInTheMountainRange Alps ⓘ
location Great St. Bernard Pass ⓘ
occupation missionary ⓘ
priest ⓘ
patronage Alpine travelers ⓘ
climbers ⓘ
hikers ⓘ
mountaineers ⓘ
skiers ⓘ
regionOfActivity Alpine region ⓘ
religion Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity ⓘ
title Archdeacon of Aosta ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bernard → notableBearer → Saint Bernard of Menthon ⓘ
Great St Bernard Pass → namedAfter → Saint Bernard of Menthon ⓘ
Little St Bernard Pass → namedAfter → Saint Bernard of Menthon ⓘ
Great St Bernard Hospice → foundedBy → Saint Bernard of Menthon ⓘ
Great St Bernard Hospice → namedAfter → Saint Bernard of Menthon ⓘ