Brief Life History of Bernard de
Bernard de Savonnières was born in 1080, in France. He had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Miss Bernard de Savonnières.
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Name Meaning
From an Old French name of Germanic (Frankish) origin, derived from ber(n) ‘bear’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. This was the name of three famous medieval churchmen: St Bernard of Menthon ( 923–1008 ), founder of a hospice on each of the Alpine passes named after him; the monastic reformer St Bernard of Clairvaux ( 1090–1153 ); and the scholastic philosopher Bernard of Chartres. It was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to England. A native Old English form, Beornheard, was superseded by the Norman form.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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