Tescelin de Fontaine
Tescelin de Fontaine , Tescelin le Roux , "the redhead", Tescelin Sorrel , also Tesselin , Tecelinus , also Sorus , Le Saur († around 1130) was a Burgundian nobleman and Cistercian and the father of St. Bernhard of Clairvaux .
Life
Tescelin came from the family of the lords of Châtillon-sur-Seine and was castellan of the castle of Fontaine-lès-Dijon as a follower of the Duke of Burgundy . He administered domains in the Montbard area and, at a very young age, married Aleth de Montbard of the noble family of Montbard . They had seven children, six sons and a daughter; Bernhard was the third oldest. When Bernhard founded the Clairvaux Cistercian monastery in 1115, according to tradition, his father and all his brothers were part of the founding convent.
Adoration
Unlike his wife and children Bernhard, Gerhard and Ombeline , Tescelin was never beatified or canonized, but is often depicted with a halo in church art . His name ( Tecelin, Tezelin ) occurs occasionally as a baptismal name and as a Cistercian religious name .
Web links
- Bernard de Fontaine, abbé de Clairvaux (bienpublic.com, French), with biographical notes on Tescelin
- gw.geneanet.org
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tescelin de Fontaine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tescelin le Roux; Técélin Sorrel; Tecelinus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Burgundian nobleman, father of St. Bernard of Clairvaux |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1130 |