Blessed Bertrand of Grand-Selve
Also known as
- Bertrando
- Betrando
- 11 July
- 20 November at the Grandselve monastery until it was demolished
Profile
Monk known for daily Gospel study and meditation; he was known to have heavenly visions during Mass. Noted preacher who travelled to southern France to work against the Albigensian heretics; the Albigensians forced him to flee to Italy for two years for his own safety. Reforming abbot of the monastery of Grandselve, Toulouse, France, he revitalized the house and joined it to the Cistercians on 31 May 1145.
Readings
He was a man of incomparable simplicity and purity of heart, to all lovable for sweetness and meekness, strong in adversity, great in love. – one of his brother monks writing about Blessed Bertrand
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Bertrand of Grand-Selve“. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 January 2022. Web. 8 May 2024. <>