St. Pierre of Tarentaise

Saint Pierre de Tarentaise (1102 – 14 September 1174) was a French Roman Catholic Cistercian who served as the Archbishop of Tarentaise from 1141 until his death. In 1132, he founded Tamié Abbey as a daughter house of Bonnevaux Abbey. Abbot Peter tried to refuse an elevation to the episcopate though his superiors and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux insisted that he accept the position. As archbishop, he had special care for the poor, the ill, and those who traveled the Alpine passes. Pierre died in 1174 as he attempted to mediate between feuding monarchs after a serious but brief illness. Miracles were reported at his tomb after his death and this led Pope Celestine III to canonize Pierre as a saint in mid-1191.