Saint Gilbert of Sempringham | |
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 Seal of the master of Sempringham, depicting St Gilbert | |
| Born | ca. 1085 Sempringham, Lincolnshire, Kingdom of England |
| Died | 4 February 1189 Sempringham, Lincolnshire, Kingdom of England (Aged 104 or 105) |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church, Church of England |
| Canonized | 1202, Rome by Pope Innocent III |
| Feast | 4 February |
| Attributes | cross portate[1] |
Gilbert of Sempringham (c. 1085 – 4 February 1189)[2] the founder of the Gilbertine Order, was the only Medieval Englishman to found a conventual order, mainly because the Abbot of Cîteaux declined his request to assist him in organising a group of women who wanted to live as nuns, living with lay brothers and sisters, in 1148.[3] He founded a double monastery of canons regular and nuns in spite of such a foundation being contrary to canonical practice.
- ^ "St. Gilbert's Cross or Portate Cross". seiyaku.com. Retrieved 29 October 2006.
- ^ Iredale (pp. 7, 54) says 1189 but this is probably according to the Old Style calendar, which began the year on Lady Day, in March. By the time England abandoned this, the discrepancies of the Julian calendar had moved it into April by modern reckoning.
- ^ Iredale places this in 1147 (p. 4). Again, the difference between Old and New style calendars may account for this.