Guibert de Gembloux

Wicbert or Guibert (892 – 23 May 962) was a nobleman who became a hermit and founded Gembloux Abbey. He was canonized as a saint in 1211. Saint Guibert's feast day is observed on 23 May.

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Belgium
Place of birth: Austrasia
Place of death: Gorze
Occupation: monk
Image: Guibert de Gembloux (cropped).jpg
Religious order: Benedictines

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canonization status: saint
date of birth: 0892-00-00
date of death: 0962-05-23
feast day: May 23
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Wicbert or Guibert (892 – 23 May 962) was a nobleman who became a hermit and founded Gembloux Abbey. He was canonized as a saint in 1211. Saint Guibert's feast day is observed on 23 May.

An aristocrat from Lotharingia who had participated in several military campaigns, Guibert withdrew as a hermit on family property in Gembloux (formerly Gemblours) inherited from his father. In 936 he founded a fortified and almost independent monastery (having its own currency). The monastery was dedicated to St. Peter the Apostle and the holy martyr Exuperius.

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