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The St. Bernard or Saint Bernard (UK: / ˈ b ɜːr n ər d /, US: / b ər ˈ n ɑːr d /) is a breed of very large working dog from the Western Alps in Italy and Switzerland. [3] They were originally bred for rescue work by the hospice of the Great St Bernard Pass on the Italian-Swiss border.
Barry der Menschenretter (1800–1814), also known as Barry, was a dog of a breed which was later called the St. Bernard that worked as a mountain rescue dog in Switzerland and Italy for the Great St Bernard Hospice. He predates the modern St. Bernard, and was lighter built than the modern breed.
Saint Bernard refers primarily to Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153), a Christian saint, mystic, and reformer of the Cistercian order. Another prominent meaning is St. Bernard (dog) , a breed of dog.
For folks who were kids or parents of young kiddos in the 90s and early 2000s, the Beethoven movies helped the lovable, goofy, and albeit slobbery, Saint Bernard capture the hearts of thousands of ...
Nearly half of these houses had been founded, directly or indirectly, from Clairvaux, so great was St Bernard's influence and prestige. He later came popularly to be regarded as the founder of the Cistercians, who have often been called Bernardines. [18] Bernard died in 1153, one month after his pupil Eugene III. [48]
A painting of about 1650 by Abraham Hondius of a bear-baiting with dogs, including at least one apparent Mastiff A picture of 1804 by Philip Reinagle, engraved by John Scott, showing a Mastiff of the Bandog type Alpine Mastiff (1805), contributor to the modern Mastiff along with his contemporaries of English stock Marquis of Hertford's crop-eared black Mastiff Pluto (1830) Lukey's Governor ...
Saint Bernard's Catholic Church in Saranac Lake, New York and St. Bernard's Catholic Church and school in New Washington, Ohio are named for him. [12] Conflicting dates are given to when Saint Bernard lived and died. Alban Butler in his Lives of the Saints book series has the birth year being 923 and his death being 1008. Most sources seem to ...
Isleños began to move to the outer reaches of St. Bernard Parish, which led to the development of the various fishing communities at Delacroix Island, Yscloskey, and Shell Beach. After the end of the Civil War, food shortages throughout the South, including St. Bernard Parish, made foraging and hunting crucial to the survival of the Isleños ...