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Title: Great men and famous women : a series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in history Volume 5
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: Biography
Publisher: New York : Selmar Hess
Contributing Library: Kelly - University of Toronto

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ST. BERNARD („> was so great, and the imaginations of those who beheld him so fascinated by hisforce of will, that on his way the sick were carried forth to meet him, and numer-ous miracles were said to be wrought by the touch of his garments. In Milan,through his eloquence, Anacletes party was completely vanquished, and theMilanese so impressed that they offered to displace their archbishop in Bernardsfavor. But on this and other occasions he steadily refused any such rank, con-tent to live and die in a sphere where he could be more useful, if less exalted.He returned to France, after a lengthened absence, in 1135, meeting on his waywith a royal reception. He was once more absorbed in the duties of his office, as Abbot of Clair-vaux, when again summoned to Italy by Innocent II., to oppose the power ofRoger, the Norman King of Sicily, whose aid Anaclete had obtained. Bernardfirst passed into Germany, and successfully mediated between the emperor andthe Suabian princes, inducing t

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