Bernard of Valdeiglesias
# Bernard of Valdeiglesias

Bernard of Valdeiglesias (or "of Candeleda") was a Benedictine Cistercian monk at Valdeiglesias, province of Avila, Spain.

## Life

Bernard joined the Cistercians in 1177. He was sent with a group of other monks to establish a monastery at Grandassilva in Estremadura, which effort failed when the community was devastated by the plague.

He is Patron saint of Candeleda, Spain, and is invoked against rabies.

