Bernard of Valdeiglesias explained

Saint Bernard of Valdeiglesias
Death Date:	c. 1155
Feast Day:	20 August
Venerated In:	Roman Catholic Church
Patronage:	Candeleda, Spain

Bernard of Valdeiglesias (or "of Candeleda") was a Benedictine Cistercian monk at Valdeiglesias, province of Avila, Spain.

Life

Bernard joined the Cistercians in 1177.^[1] He was sent with a group of other monks to establish a monastery at Grandassilva in Estremadura, which effort failed when the community was devastated by the plague.

He is Patron saint of Candeleda, Spain, and is invoked against rabies.^[1]

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=9QHbAQAAQBAJ&dq=Bernard+of+Valdeiglesias&pg=PA313 Merton, Thomas. "Saint Bernard de Candilada, Monk of Valdeiglesias, Spain", In the Valley of Wormwood: Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden Age, Liturgical Press, 2013