Talk:Bernard of Menthon

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I remember visiting a castle in France called Chateau de Menthon. According to the information given on the tour St. Bernard grew up there and at one point in his life threw himself from one of the windows (the tour was in french so I missed a bit, I think he was greif struck for some reason). He was, in the story, caught by two angels and thus decided to serve god. There was a carved wooden mantle depicting this story in the library of the castle. I was suprised to see that Chateau de Menthon is not mentioned anywhere on wikipedia, nor is this interesting, no doubt fictional, account of Bernards insperation for joining the clergy. I will look for a better referance that my own memory.--Matt D 20:03, 27 April 2006 (UTC)