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	Great St. Bernard Pass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pope Pius XI confirmed Bernard as patron saint of the Alps in 1923.
		The Great St Bernard Tunnel (and the main road) plunges through the mountains at the 1,915 m (6,283 ft.) level; after the construction of the Simplon Tunnel further east in 1905, railroad traffic partly superseded the St Bernard road.
		On the south side of the pass, the Great St Bernard Valley is drained by the Artanavaz River, which runs down to Aosta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_St._Bernard_Pass (489 words)

	St. Bernard (dog) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The St. Bernard is known for its loyalty and vigilance and is tolerant of both children and animals.
		The ancestors of the St. Bernard were the herding dogs of Swiss farmers as well as hunting dogs and watchdogs.
		Bernards are often portrayed, especially in comics and cartoons, with small barrels of brandy worn around their necks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/St._Bernard_(dog) (710 words)

	St. Bernard of Aosta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Bernard of the Alps is variously called St. Bernard of Menthon, St. Bernard of Mont-Joux ("Jove Mountain"), or St. Bernard of Aosta.
		Whatever his background, Bernard studied for the priesthood and was ordained for the diocese of Aosta, in north-western Italy at the foot of the Alps.
		St. Bernard of Aosta was noted for many other good deeds and miracles, but he is best remembered for this unique charity to travelers.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id607.htm (693 words)

	St. Bernard of Menthon
		Placing himself under the direction of Peter, Archdeacon of Aosta, under whose guidance he rapidly progressed, Bernard was ordained priest and on account of his learning and virtue was made Archdeacon of Aosta (966), having charge of the government of the diocese under the bishop.
		For the convenience and protection of travelers St. Bernard founded a monastery and hospice at the highest point of the pass, 8,000 feet above sea-level, in the year 962.
		The last act of St. Bernard's life was the reconciliation of two noblemen whose strife threatened a fatal issue.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/b/bernard_of_menthon,saint.html (563 words)

	Verbier : Side Trips \| Frommers.com
		Great St. Bernard Pass: An Easy Excursion from Verbier -- Because of the danger of avalanches and road blockage, most winter drivers headed between the Valais and northern Italy travel through the 6km (4-mile) Great St. Bernard Tunnel instead of negotiating overland roads that are treacherous or impassable.
		Bernard dogs are beloved in Switzerland, even though they no longer roam the snowy passes on missions of mercy with brandy in their casks.
		The monastery shelters a treasury of religious artifacts, a museum showcasing the often-tragic history of the pass, and historic kennels that are devoted to the perpetuation of the bloodlines of the St. Bernard breed of dog.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/verbier/2584010011.html (696 words)

	Great St Bernard, Switzerland
		The road over the Great St Bernard pass, between the Mont Blanc group and the Valais Alps, the highest pass road in the Swiss Alps after the Umbrail road, is for the most part excellently engineered (maximum gradient 11%), but is usually open only from the middle or end of June until October.
		The construction of the St Bernard tunnel (5,828 m/19,122ft long, carriageway 7.5 m/25ft; toll) in 1959-63 made the road passable throughout the year and shortened the distance between western Switzerland and Italy in winter by several hundred kilometers.
		This ancient and historic traffic route was used by the Celts, from 105 B.C. onwards by the Romans, in 547 by the Lombards and later by many German emperors traveling to Italy (Charlemagne in 773, Henry IV on his journey to Canossa in 1077, Frederick Barbarossa in 1175).
	www.planetware.com /switzerland/great-st-bernard-ch-vs-gsb.htm (236 words)

	St Bernard Great - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		St Bernard, Great, mountain pass, western Europe, on the Switzerland-Italy border, east of Mont Blanc, about 2,472 m/8,110 ft above sea level.
		St Bernard, breed of dog from the working group.
		The St Bernard originated in Europe before the Christian era, probably from a large Asian dog taken...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /St_Bernard_Great.html (122 words)

	St. Bernard
		This is a woven blanket using 14 different threads and colors horizontally and 14 different threads and colors vertically, weaving a detailed picture of the St. Bernard in the design of the blanket.
		The St. Bernard is depicted in scenes that describe his history and the St. Bernard is depicted accurately, adhering to the standard of the breed.
		Great care has been taken to adhere to the standard of the breed.
	www.gonedoggin.com /products/products.asp?catID=109 (337 words)

	St. Bernard of Menthon - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
		Though the pass was extremely dangerous, especially in the springtime on account of avalanches, yet it was often used by French and German pilgrims on their way to Rome.
		These hospices are renowned for the generous hospitality extended to all travelers over the Great and Little St. Bernard, so called in honor of the founder of these charitable institutions.
		At all seasons of the year, but especially during heavy snow-storms, the heroic monks accompanied by their well-trained dogs, go out in search of victims who may have succumbed to the severity of the weather.
	heiligenlexikon.de /CatholicEncyclopedia/Bernhard_von_Aosta.html?print (563 words)

	St. Bernard Cards
		Bernard Pass, set out on their errands of mercy with the faithful dogs to rescue and bring back the victims who would have perished, but for the St.
		It was in 1815 that the first St. Bernard dog came to this country, and at one time dogs sold for exceedingly high prices, and small fortunes were made by breeders, and the breed remained a quasi-religious one here.
		BERNARD is the largest of breeds, and is surpassed by none in the matter of dignity and beauty.
	www.animalstamps.com /stbcard.htm (3436 words)

	Naturhistorisches Museum - Science
		The fame of the St. Bernard then known as the "Barry-dog", spread throughout Europe in the 19th century, and the legendary dog "Barry" became the epitome of the rescue.
		The direct ancestors of the St. Bernard were the large farm dog which were widely spread across the region, within a few generations after the establishment of the ideal type, they were bred into the present day breed.
		During the International Canine Congress of June 2nd 1887, the St. Bernard was officially recognized as a Swiss breed and the breed standard was declared as binding.
	www.nmbe.ch /deutsch/531_5_1.html (1129 words)

	st. bernard of menthon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Bernard said goodbye to his parents, left the castle and went to live with Peter, the archdeacon of Aosta.
		The monks who staffed these houses, assisted by large dogs that have come to be known as St. Bernards, dedicated themselves to rescuing lost or injured travelers and giving decent burial to those who died in the mountains.
		Monks still staff the hospice in Great St. Bernard Pass, welcoming crowds of visitors, mountaineers and hikers in the summer, and a few hardy pilgrims, climbers and skiers in the winter.
	www.catholicherald.com /craughwell/05tc/bernard.htm (531 words)

	St. Bernard
		The direct ancestors of the St Bernard were the large farm dogs common in that region.
		On the 15th March 1884, the Swiss St Bernard's Club was founded in Basle.
		On the occasion of an international Canine Congress on June 2nd 1887, the St Bernard dog was officially recognised as a Swiss Breed and the breed standard was declared as binding.
	www.ankc.aust.com /stbernar.html (1209 words)

	St Bernards & St Bernard Breeders in South Africa
		Bernard for much of his life lived high up in the mountains where the winters were severe.
		Bernard and the monks put their faith into action by showing compassion for anyone lost in the snow, sometimes injured or suffering from frostbite.
		Bernard was declared the patron saint of mountain climbers in 1923 by Pope Pius XI.
	www.petsplace.co.za /st_bernard.htm (1368 words)

	St. Bernard fades as rescuer in snow - World - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		St. Bernards, raised by the hospice's religious order since the 17th century, are credited with saving some 2,000 pilgrims traveling between Switzerland and Italy over the centuries.
		The Barry of the Great Saint Bernard Foundation, which bought the dogs, was set up in January with $656,000 donated by Christine Cerletti, a singer in the northern Swiss city of Basel.
		A second foundation created by former Geneva banker Bernard de Watteville and his wife, Caroline, is building a museum 22 miles away in Martigny, at the foot of the pass on the Swiss side where the dogs have spent winters for the five decades since their rescue duties began to dwindle.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20050915-112916-2250r.htm (403 words)

	St Bernard Dogs - types of dogs duane dog chapman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
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	St. Bernard History
		According to historical sources, the St. Bernard dogs were descendants of the old Roman Molosser, which was brought to the Hospice in Switzerland around 1600.
		It was here that St. Bernard of Menthoa and his monks became world renowned for their rescue work and hospitality to travelers.
		It is here, too, that the dogs of the Great St. Bernard have been bred, raised and trained for the past four centuries.
	www.petcrest.com /stbernhi.html (193 words)

	The Great St. Bernard Hospice - Switzerland
		The Pass of the Great St. Bernard was a well-known one long before the hospice was built.
		The absence of snow peaks in any great number will be felt by some, but even a lover of such soon forgets the lack in the exceeding beauty and loveliness of the valleys.
		The small receipts, however, show what a great abuse there is of this hospitality, for a large number of those who come in the summer could well afford to give and to give largely.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles13/travel-180.shtml (535 words)

	An Adventure On The Great St. Bernard
		The news of his safe arrival dissipated the anxiety we were beginning to feel, on account of his long, silence, while it proved that our fears concerning the danger of such a journey were not altogether groundless.
		Before and below you is a vale, with Florence and her great domes and towers in its lap, and across its breadth of five mile§ the mountain of Fiesole.
		We looked on the great valley of the Arno, perhaps twenty-five miles long, and five or six broad, lying like a long elliptical basin sunk among the hills.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles28/travel-afoot-36.shtml (2566 words)

	Barry the St. Bernard Commemorative Plate
		The Great St. Bernard Pass is a road across the main chain of the Alps.
		At the highest point of the pass, nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, near the line of perpetual snow, is the monastery, or hospice, of St. Bernard, the highest dwelling in Europe.
		This hospice was founded by St. Bernard of Menthon, in 982, for the relief of travelers crossing the mountains.
	www.allantiqueglass.com /view_item.php3?id=146857 (322 words)

	St Bernard - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		St Bernard - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Bernard of Clairvaux, St (1090-1153), French ecclesiastic, born near Dijon.
		In 1113 he became a monk in the Cistercian monastery of Cîteaux, a...
	au.encarta.msn.com /St_Bernard.html (132 words)

	thealps.com: Skiing & Snowboarding guide with 1500 hotels, 200 resorts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The Great St. Bernard Valley is a part of the Aosta Valley region.
		The skiing is unfortunately rather limited and spread out in the Great St. Bernard Valley and the Valpelline valley.
		For accommodation the Great St. Bernard Valley can offer a number of good hotels and a couple of winter camping grounds.
	www.thealps.com /resort/info.asp?name=stbernar&info=resortinfo (172 words)

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	12 killed in Swiss tourist bus crash - World News - MSNBC.com
		It had been snowing around the Great St. Bernard pass -- a main route through the western Alps near the borders of France and Italy -- but the narrow, winding road was only wet when Sunday's accident occurred, police said.
		Rescuers descended by rope into the ravine and saved a 15th person from the wreckage, but the rest of the bus occupants were killed.
		Alain Jacot / Keystone via AP A Swiss tour bus lays on the bank of the Dranse river after an accident on the road to the Great St. Bernard pass between Orsieres and Liddes, western Switzerland, Sunday.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/7535732/from/RL.4 (602 words)

	Monks criticised for muzzling canine tradition in the Swiss Alps
		Swiss officials have urged Roman Catholic monks at the Great St Bernard Hospice in the Swiss Alps to reconsider plans to sell off their stock of mountain dogs, which became famed for rescuing travellers on the stormy Great St Bernard pass to Italy.
		She said male St Bernards weighed up to 100 kilograms (220 pounds) and consumed 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of meat daily.
		The St Bernards traditionally worked in pairs on rescue operations, with one dog going to raise the alarm, while the other sat atop stranded hikers, licking them hard to keep them warm.
	www.eni.ch /articles/display.shtml?04-0718 (602 words)

	Saint Bernard Dog, Standard - Portrait. English edition.
		BRIEF HISTORICAL SURVEY: At the height of the Great St. Bernard Pass, 2469m (8100ft.) above sea level, a hospice was founded by monks in the 11th century as a refuge for travellers and pilgrims, and large mountain dogs have been kept there for watch and protection since the middle of the 17th century.
		The fame of the St.Bernard, then known as the "Barry-dog", spread throughout Europe in the 19th century, and the legendary dog "Barry" became the epitome of the rescue dog.
		During the International Canine Congress of June 2nd 1887, the St. Bernard was officially recognised as a Swiss breed and the breed standard was declared as binding.
	www.hund.ch /rasse/bernhardineruk.htm (1034 words)

	eBay - st. bernard books, Nonfiction Books, Children's Books items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		St: Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw: A Correspondence
		Bernard Shaw: His life, work, and friends by St. John G
		The New St. Bernard by Maureen Gwilliam (2000)
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	Great St Bernard, Aosta
		There is a very fine excursion northwest from Aosta on the S.S. 27, with sharp turns and hairpin bends to the Vallée du Grand-St-Bernard up the Great St Bernard pass (2,649m/8,148ft).
		The pass, which lies between the Mont Blanc massif and the Valais Alps (small lake), marks the Italian-Swiss frontier.
		In Swiss territory is the hospice (dog breeding), founded by St Bernard (d.
	www.planetware.com /aosta/great-st-bernard-i-ao-aogsb.htm (110 words)

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