BURCHARD, ABBOT OF BALERNE

BURCHARD, ABBOT OF BALERNE - 19 APRIL

BURCHARD, ABBOT OF BALERNE

Monastery yard in the snow

Burchard (Burcardus), Abbot of Balerma (Balerna, Balerne) in Burgundy, was a disciple of Saint Bernard. He is remembered on April 19 and is listed as "Blessed Burchard" by the chroniclers of the Cistercian Order.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 524)

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

THE ANCIENT ABBEY OF BALERNE

The abbey of Balerne (also sometimes called "Saint-Pierre or Notre-Dame de Balerne") is located to the south-west of the village of Champagnole, in the Jura. The exact spot is a very isolated site, in a valley bottom, near the course of the Balerne.

Founded at the very beginning of the 12th century by Benedictine monks, it later became a Cistercian establishment, and it quickly became one of the most important monasteries in the region.

Attached first to the diocese of Besançon then to that of Saint-Claude, and therefore in the province of Lyon, the Abbey of Balerne's goods were seized and partly dismantled during the French Revolution [the Reign of Terror].

Source: https://www.france-voyage.com/cities-towns/champagnole-13635/abbey-balerne-13810.htm

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