Gilbert of Sempringham
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Gilbert of Sempringham was an English Catholic who founded the Gilbertine Order. He was the only medieval Englishman to found a conventual order, mainly because the Cîteaux Abbey declined his request
Seal of the master of Sempringham, depicting St Gilbert
St Gilbert's well at Sempringham
St Gilbert of Sempringham C of E Primary School, Pointon, Lincs
Gilbertine Order
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The Gilbertine Order was a Catholic religious institute of canons regular founded around 1130 by Gilbert of Sempringham in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, where Gilbert was the parish priest. It was the on
Gilbert of Sempringham
…Gilbert of Sempringham (c. 1085 – 4 February 1189) was an English Catholic who founded the Gilbertine Order. He was the only medieval Englishman to found a conventual order, mainly because the Cîteaux Abbey declined his request to assist him in organising a…
Gilbert of Sempringham flanked by two nuns
Malton Priory, west front