St. Bernard of Corleone, Monk

January 12


St. Bernard, the son of a shoemaker, was born in Corleone, Sicily, in 1605, and given the name of Filippo. The house where he was born was already known by the local inhabitants as "the house of the Saints." Bernard liked weaponry, so much so that it was almost his undoing when he cut of a man's arm with a sword after being provoked. He fled justice but in atonement for his crime he went to the Capuchin convent where he was taken in. He took the name of Bernard as Friar, completely reforming his life, dedicating himself to charitable works and mortification. He died in 1667 and was canonized in 2001. The traditional image above is typical of his depiction in art; his nam, which is German, means "courage of the bear".





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