The Reverend Lord Gerardus Rubens | |
|---|---|
| Abbas S. Bernardi ad Scaldim. | |
 portrait in Bornem Abbey | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Predecessor | Cornelius Addriaenssens |
| Successor | Alexander Adriaenssens |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1722 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gerard 1674 Brussels |
| Died | 1736 Hemiksem |
| Nationality | Belgian |
Pierre-Eugène-Aloys known as Gerardus Rubens, OCist. (born 1674; died 21 January 1736) was the 42nd Abbot of the Common Observance in St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem.
He was the son of Aloysius Rubens and Anne de Deckers, and related to the Painter Peter Paul Rubens. He was baptised in the Coudenberg Church. His parents died at young age, and he was educated by his uncle the reverend Eugenius Rubens.[1]
- ^ Linnig, Benjamin (1921). Quelques ex-libris belges anciens. p. 45.