Saint Bernard: Key promoter and devotee of Mary Co-Redemptrix

'One can well say, indeed, that a sword pierced your heart, o blessed Mother, for it was only through your heart that it could penetrate the flesh of your Son.'

(PerMariam) — August 20 marks the feast of the great Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, abbot, a saint noted for his marked devotion to the Blessed Virgin.

Styled as the Doctor Mellifluus, St. Bernard of Clairvaux’s (†1153) great devotion to Mary, especially as Co-Redemptrix, is quite evident from his vast collection of Marian works. His Marian works are a key…