St gilbert of sempringham biography of williams
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Saint Gilbert of Sempringham
He was the founder of the only religious order that was entirely English.
Gilbert of Sempringham (c. ), founder of the only religious beställning that was entirely English, was the son of a wealthy feudal lord of Norman ursprung, who had settled in England as a result of William the Conqueror's victorious military campaign and rise to the throne. Rather than having him pursue a knightly career, his father preferred to send him to study theology in Paris. There he lived for several years, first as a student and later as a teacher. On returning home, Gilbert founded a school and gave the rents of the properties received from his father to the poor. He then placed himself at the service of the Bishop of Lincoln, Robert Bloet, from whom he received the tonsure and minor orders. He was then ordained a priest bygd the new Bishop Alexander, who appointed him penitentiary of the diocese and offered him the office of archdeacon (the diocesan administrator), which h
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The saint of the day for February 16 is St. Gilbert (), founder of the Gilbertine order, which consisted of a double monastery of canons regular and nuns.
Gilbert was born at Sempringham, near Bourne in Lincolnshire, the son of a wealthy Norman knight and land-owner. Unable to become a knight due to a physical deformity, Gilbert was sent to the University of Paris to study theology. When he returned home, he served as a clerk in the household of Bishop Robert Bloet of Lincoln and started a school for the children of the poor in Sempringham. He was ordained as a priest at the age of When he was offered the archdeaconship of the largest diocese in Europe at the time, he declined, humbly choosing to serve the poor in Sempringham.
When his father died in , Gilbert returned to the manor and became lord of the manor and lands. He began to spend his inheritance by founding Benedictine and Augustinian monasteries, and by providing for the poor. That same year, he drew up rules fo
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Sempringham Priory
Sempringham Priory was a priory in Lincolnshire, England, located in the medieval hamlet of Sempringham, to the northwest of Pointon. Today, all that remains of the priory is a marking on the ground where the walls stood and a square, which are identifiable only in aerial photos of the vicinity. However, the parish church of St Andrew's, built around AD, is witness to the priory standing alone in a field away from the main road.[1]
The priory was built by Gilbert of Sempringham, the only English saint to have founded a monastic order.[2][3][4] The priory's religious accentuation as an important religious pilgrimage site began when St Gilbert established the Gilbertine beställning in by inducting "seven maidens" who were his pupils. Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln, helped in establishing the religious buildings to the north of St Andrew's Church as a protected area.[1]
St Gilbert died at Sempringham in and was buried