St., of Siena, was born at Massa in Tuscany, in 1380. In 1404 he entered into a Franciscan monastery near Siena, and was afterwards sent to Jerusalem as commissary of the Holy Land. On his return to Italy, he preached with such applause that Ferrara, Siena, and Urbino applied to Pope Eugenius IV. to appoint him their bishop; but Bernardine declined the honour, accepting only the office of vicar-general of the Friars of the Observance for all Italy. He repaired and founded above 300 monasteries in that country, died in 1444, and was canonized by Nicholas V. in 1450. His works were published at Venice, 1591, 4 vols. 4to.; and at Paris, 1636, 2 vols. folio.