Humbeline of Jully (c. 1091 c. 1136) was a

Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...

nun in 11th-12th century

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, who was beatified in the

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in 1703 by

Pope Clement XI Pope Clement XI (; ; ; 23 July 1649 – 19 March 1721), born Giovanni Francesco Albani, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 23 November 1700 to his death in March 1721. Clement XI was a patron of the arts an ...

. After obtaining permission from her then-husband, Humbeline entered the community of nuns at

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in 1133, when a charter records the

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she contributed. She later became prioress at Jully. Humbeline was born to

Tescelin de Fontaine Tescelin le Roux ( – 11 April 1117), or Tescelin de Fontaine, Tescelin le Saur, Tescelin Sorus, was a Burgundian knight, keeper of a castle on the road from Paris to Dijon, and father of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. His castle, which had been la ...

, lord of

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, and

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, both nobles of

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. She was the younger sister of

Bernard of Clairvaux Bernard of Clairvaux, Cistercians, O.Cist. (; 109020 August 1153), venerated as Saint Bernard, was an abbot, Mysticism, mystic, co-founder of the Knights Templar, and a major leader in the reform of the Benedictines through the nascent Cistercia ...

, and her entry into the

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at Jully, apparently at the urging of her brother, figures in accounts of Bernard of Clairvaux's life.

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