Bernard of Valence (died 1135) was the

Latin Patriarch of Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ� ...

from 1100 to 1135. Originally from Valence, Bernard was part of the army of Raymond of Saint-Gilles and attended the Battle of Harran, and

Battle of Sarmada In the Battle of ''Ager Sanguinis'', also known as the Battle of the Field of Blood, the Battle of Sarmada, or the Battle of Balat, Roger of Salerno's Crusader army of the Principality of Antioch was annihilated by the army of Ilghazi of Mardin, ...

with Roger of Salerno. He was also Bishop of Artah. After Roger of Salerno was killed in the Battle of Ager Sanguinis,

King of Jerusalem The King of Jerusalem was the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, a Crusader state founded in Jerusalem by the Latin Catholic leaders of the First Crusade, when the city was conquered in 1099. Godfrey of Bouillon, the first ruler of ...

Baldwin II placed Bernard at the head of the government of the Principality of Antioch.''Why Does The Heathen Rage? A Novel Of The Crusades'' by J. Stephen Roberts, Introduction

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11th-century births 1135 deaths Latin Patriarchs of Antioch Christians of the First Crusade Crusades chaplains {{Asia-RC-bishop-stub