Editing Bernard of Clairvaux (section)

==Final years (1149–1153)==
The death of his contemporaries served as a warning to Bernard of his own approaching end. The first to die was Suger in 1152, of whom Bernard wrote to Eugene III, "If there is any precious vase adorning the palace of the King of Kings it is the soul of the venerable Suger."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ratisbonne |first=Theodore |title=The Life and Times of St. Bernard |year=2023 |publication-date=1859 |pages=465}}</ref> Conrad III and his son Henry died the same year. Bernard died at age sixty-three on 20 August 1153, after forty years of monastic life. He was buried at Clairvaux Abbey. After its destruction in 1792 by the [[French Revolution]]ary government his remains were transferred to [[Troyes Cathedral]].