St. Bernard of Vallombrosa
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Saint Bernardo degli Uberti O.S.B. Vall. |
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| Bishop of Parma | |
Bernardo degli Uberti - Pietro Perugino.
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Diocese | Parma |
| See | Parma |
| Appointed | October 1106 |
| Term ended | 4 December 1133 |
| Predecessor | Guido |
| Successor | Alberto |
| Other posts | Cardinal-Priest of San Crisogono |
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| Consecration | November 1106 by Pope Paschal II |
| Created Cardinal | c. 1097 by Pope Urban II |
| Rank | Cardinal-Priest |
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| Birth name | Bernardo degli Uberti |
| Born | c. 1060 Florence, Tuscan Margrave |
| Died | 4 December 1133 (aged 73) Parma, Republic of Florence |
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| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 4 December |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | 3 December 1139 Old Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome, Papal States by Pope Innocent II |
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Saint Bernardo degli Uberti (c. 1060 - 4 December 1133) was an Italian Roman Catholic prelate who served as an abbot and a professed member from the Vallumbrosan Order. Uberti served as the Bishop of Parma from 1106 until his death and was appointed as a cardinal. He came from the noble Uberti house from Florence. Uberti served as a papal legate for successive popes in several Italian regions in their disputes with secular rulers and was a close confidante and advisor to the Countess Matilda. He is often considered the third founding father for the order alongside Saint Benedict of Nursia (the order was a branch of the Benedictines) and Saint Giovanni Gualberto.
Uberti's fame for holiness became so great that miracles were reported on a frequent basis at his tomb. This led to Pope Innocent II naming Uberti as a saint not long after his death on 3 December 1139 in Rome.
Bernardo degli Uberti was born circa 1060 in Florence to the nobles Bruno degli Uberti and Ligarda. His paternal grandfather was Corbizo and he was the nephew to Blessed Pietro Igneo.
Bernardo's father died sometime in 1085 and it was on 1 July 1085 that he made a donation to the San Salvi convent for his father's repose. But he also became a monk in the Vallumbrosans and he later made another donation for the repose of his father and grandfather on 26 April 1089. He became the abbot for San Salvi (1092-1099) and was later elected as the Superior-General for the congregation in 1098 after the death of the abbot Almarius. On 7 March 1100 he presided over a meeting of all the order's abbots to discuss important resolutions on both organization and discipline.
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