ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 19th of April WELCOME! 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 centu...