FEATURE IMAGE: The monument inside Vézelay Abbey features a striking statue of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux sculpted from fine French limestone by Honoré Jean Aristide Husson (1803–1864). Depicted in traditional monastic robes, the influential Cistercian monk and reformer triumphantly raises a large Latin cross in his right hand while holding an abbot’s crozier in his … Continue reading Saint Bernard of Clairvaux at Vézelay: Preaching the Second Crusade, 1146.