At that time he was one of the seven maintainers (mantenidors) of the Consistori del Gay Saber, an Occitan poetric academy in Toulouse.
On 3 May 1386 Bernat participated publicly in a partimen (poetical debate) with Jacme Rovira before the judges Germà de Gontaut and Ramon Galbarra at the Consistori del Gay Saber in Toulouse.