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Of S. Gilbert the Premonstrant little is recorded beyond the fact that he founded the abbey of Neuflfontaines on the land of which he was lord.

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St. Gilbert of Auvergne

St. Gilbert of Auvergne

Of S. Gilbert the Premonstrant little is recorded beyond the fact that he founded the abbey of Neuflfontaines on the land of which he was lord.

Traditional feast

June 6
1914 / pre-1969 calendar, per Baring-Gould (1897)

Current feast

Not verified yet

Represents

Feast

Early life

The book says little or nothing about early life. This is how the account begins.

Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 39 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.

Of S. Gilbert the Premonstrant little is recorded beyond the fact that he founded the abbey of Neuflfontaines on the land of which he was lord. Hence he is shown with a portion of land in his outstretched hands.

What they represent

How they teach us to live

Drawn from themes in the original account

Keep their day. Remember them on June 6 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.

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The full original · 39 words

Read Baring-Gould’s full account

Of S. Gilbert the Premonstrant little is recorded beyond the fact that he founded the abbey of Neuflfontaines on the land of which he was lord. Hence he is shown with a portion of land in his outstretched hands.

Feast days

Feast: June 6

Nine days · Free

Pray the novena
with us.

One short email a day for nine days. The day's prayer, a line from St. Gilbert of Auvergne's story, and a nudge to keep going.

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St. Gurwall

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St. Norbert of Magdeburg

St. Norbert of Magdeburg

June 6 · Archbishop
← All 1726 saints in the library
Sources & notes

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Credits

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.