Bernard Berthod

Bernard Berthod
Born	October 13, 1952 Lyon, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Historian, physician, writer

Bernard Berthod (born September 13, 1952 in Lyon, France) is a man of culture, physician, historian, writer and presenter of exhibitions from Lyon France.

His father ran, a number of business in the silk trade on the la Croix Rousse mount. He studied medical studies and odontostomatology and undertook a thesis on Jean-Jacques de Gorla, Lyon surgeon and father-Molière.^[1] He then began studying history where he undertook a thesis at the University of Lyon III on the Lyon silversmith Armand Calliat for which he received a degree of Doctor of Letters^[2]

Exhibitions

• In 1983, Religious Anjou and Goldsmiths the XIX^e siècle in Angers;
• In 1986, Bossan and Armand Calliat in Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon;
• In 1993, Silk yarn Chambord ;
• In 1994, Liturgical Treasure of the Cathedral of Moulins , the General Council of the Allier;
• In 1995, The Sacred Heart of Montmartre with the City of Paris;
• In 2001, 20 centuries Cathedral' at the Museum of Tau Reims;
• In 2003, Froment-Meurice Goldsmiths at the Museum of Romantic Life.

He regularly during seminar s organized by the National Heritage School and the DRAC on matters concerning the liturgy and sacred art at XIX^e and XX^e siècle.

Books and papers

Bernard Berthod is also the author of numerous scholarly articles and co-wrote and directed: the Historical Dictionary of fabrics (Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1994);

• le Dictionnaire historique des étoffes (Editions de l'Amateur, Paris,1994) ;
• le Dictionnaire des Arts liturgiques ( Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1996) ;
• le Dictionnaire iconographique des Saints (Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1999) ;
• les Trésors inconnus du Vatican (Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2001) ;
• Goudji (Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2002) ;
• le Dictionnaire des objets de dévotion (Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2006) ;
• l’Histoire de l’Eglise de Lyon (La Taillanderie, Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, 2007) ;
• Do ut Des, les ex voto lyonnais et Lyon de A à Z (La Taillanderie, Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, 2008).
• Grandes figures de l'Ordre de Malte (Arpège, Perpignan, 2010).
• Goudji, des mains d'or et de Feu (Thalia, Paris, 2011)
• le Dictionnaire des Arts liturgiques du moyen-âge à nos jours (Frémur, Châteauneuf-sur-Charente, 2015)

He is a member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) since 1992 and vice president of ICOM Costume since 2013.

Awards

• chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite en 2009.
• chevalier (1997) puis officier (2005) de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
• chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand (Saint-Siège) en 2006.
• chevalier de l'Ordre de l'Étoile de la solidarité italienne (République italienne) en 2009.
• chevalier Grand-Croix de l'Ordre du Saint-Sépulcre de Jérusalem en 2014.

In November 2007, he won the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques: it receives the price of the Canon Delpeuch Foundation, "for all of his work and its action in favor of religious heritage".^[3]

References

1. Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University, July 1975.
2. "T.- J. Armand Calliat, 1822–1901, Goldsmith in Lyon, comparative study of religious sensitivities, "chaired by Professor Jacques Gadille, October 1985.
3. la Cross , edition of November 9, 2007; http://www.asmp.fr/prix_fondations/fiches_prix/chanoine_delpeuch.html