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St. Bernard

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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The name of two mountain passes in the Alps: 1,

n the Pennine Alps, leading from Martigny to Aosta, is 8120 ft. high, near the top of which stands a famous hospice, founded in 962, and kept by Augustinian monks, who, with the aid of dogs called of St. Bernard, do noble service in rescuing perishing travellers from the snow; 2,

n the Graian Alps, crosses the mountains which separate the valleys of Aosta and Tarantaise in Savoy. Hannibal is supposed to have crossed the Alps by this pass.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'St. Bernard'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/st-bernard.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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