Bernard de Montgaillard [SEP] religious order
Bernard de Montgaillard
Bernard de Montgaillard (1563–1628) was a French Cistercian preacher and abbot of Orval Abbey.
Life.
Bernard was born the son of Bertrand de Percin, lord of Montgaillard, in 1563. In 1579 he joined the Congregation of the Feuillants and became a preacher. His eloquence brought him to royal notice and he was invited to preach in Paris. At the death of Henry III of France in 1589, he became a prominent figure in the Catholic League opposing the accession of Henri IV. He
built for them the monastery of St. Bernard, more commonly known as the Convent of the Feuillants ("Saint-Bernard-de-la-Pénitence" or the "Couvent des Feuillants"), with its church, the "Église des Feuillants", in the Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris. In 1590, however, the religious wars brought dissension: while Barrière remained loyal to Henry III, the majority of his religious declared for the Catholic League, in which they were extremely active: Bernard de Montgaillard,