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The St. Bernard or Saint Bernard (UK: / ˈ b ɜːr n ər d /, US: / b ər ˈ n ɑːr d /) is a breed of very large working dog from the Western Alps in Italy and Switzerland. [3] They were originally bred for rescue work by the hospice of the Great St Bernard Pass on the Italian-Swiss border.
Halo – a live St Bernard dog, mascot of the Carroll College Fighting Saints; Handsome Dan – a live Bulldog, mascot of the Yale Bulldogs; the first mascot adopted by a university in the USA [12] Harry the Hawk – mascot of the Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks; Harry the Husky – costumed mascot of the Washington Huskies
The St Bernard dog breed was created at the hospice from cross-breeding dogs, probably those offered by families in Valais in the 1660s and 1670s. The first definite mention of the breed is in 1709. The first definite mention of the breed is in 1709.
Dec. 8—St. John's Lutheran Community on Friday announced the addition of an eagle camera for its widely followed eagle's nest at its Fountain Lake campus. The organization installed a live ...
St. Bernard's parish was organized in 1843, when Wisconsin was a territory. In 1846 a modest 27 by 36-foot wooden church with Gothic Revival styling was constructed for the parish on the site of the current church. Watertown was largely populated by German and Irish immigrants, and St. Bernard's attracted many of the Irish minority. [3]
St. Bernard's Church was built from 1873 to 1875 to the designs of Patrick C. Keely and was the first church consecrated by an American Cardinal, Archbishop of New York John McCloskey. [1] Once considered one of the most important parishes in the city, the congregation at the time of erection consisted of mostly Irish immigrants and their ...
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Bernard of Menthon (c. 1020–1081 or 1086), Catholic saint, Frankish founder of the hostel at Great St Bernard Pass, and namesake of the famous dog breed Bernard of Thiron (1046–1117), Catholic saint, French founder of the Tironensian Order