St Bernard's College, Oxford

St Bernard's College
Oxford
Surviving buildings in the Front Quad of St John's College
LocationSt Giles, Oxford OX1 3JP, UK
Coordinates51°45′22″N 1°15′31″W / 51.75612°N 1.258605°W / 51.75612; -1.258605
Established1437 (1437)
Closed1540 (1540)
Named forBernard of Clairvaux
Map
Location in Oxford city centre

St Bernard's College was a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded by the Cistercian order in 1437 and dedicated to Bernard of Clairvaux, it was suppressed in Spring 1540 during the dissolution of the monasteries. Its buildings were later used to found St John's College, Oxford.

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