Collège des Bernardins

The Collège des Bernardins, or Collège Saint-Bernard, located at 20, rue de Poissy, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, is a former Cistercian college of the historic University of Paris. Founded by Étienne de Lexington, Abbot of Clairvaux, and built from 1248 with the encouragement of Pope Innocent IV, it served until the French Revolution as a residence for Cistercian monks studying at the University of Paris.

This monument, whose church was largely demolished by the route of rue de Pontoise and its ruins razed in 1859 during the piercing of Boulevard Saint-Germain, remained largely unknown despite its classification as a historical monument since 10 February 1887.

After a complete renovation completed in September 2008, it is now a place for meetings, dialogue, training, and culture, offering a rich programme of conferences and symposia, exhibitions, concerts, activities for young audiences, as well as a centre for theological and biblical training. Since 2009, it has housed the Académie catholique de France.