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Bernard of Cluny
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Name Bernard of Cluny Birth Murles, Hérault, Occitan, France 
[1] Gender Male 
Siblings3 siblings Person ID I27442 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others Last Modified 28 Mar 2020
Father Guillem V de Montpellier, b. Abt 1073 d. 1121 (Age ~ 48 years) Mother Ermesenda d. Aft 21 Feb 1122 Marriage Between 1086 and 1087 [2] Family ID F7463 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - William V of Montpellier certainly had a younger son named Bernard. And this Bernard's brother-in-law Bernard IV of Melgueil was certainly a nephew of Pons, seventh abbey of Cluny, under whom Cluny's power and influence greatly grew.
James Westfall Thompson's 1907 "Notes and Studies on the Identity of Bernard of Cluny" (citation details below) makes a good circumstantial, if not probative, case that this Bernard was the twelfth-century Benedictine monk best known for De contemptu mundi and the hymn "Omni die dic Mariae" ("Daily, daily sing to Mary"). Who is called in several contemporary records Morlanensis.
- William V of Montpellier certainly had a younger son named Bernard. And this Bernard's brother-in-law Bernard IV of Melgueil was certainly a nephew of Pons, seventh abbey of Cluny, under whom Cluny's power and influence greatly grew.
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Sources - [S3882] James Westfall Thompson, "Notes and Studies on the Identity of Bernard of Cluny." The Journal of Theological Studies 8:394, 1907.
- [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.
- [S3882] James Westfall Thompson, "Notes and Studies on the Identity of Bernard of Cluny." The Journal of Theological Studies 8:394, 1907.