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
Seal of the Master of the Order of Sempringham
Gilbert of Sempringham flanked by two nuns
Malton Priory, west front
The Canons Regular are Catholic priests and religious brothers who live in community under a rule and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms
Gilbertine Order
…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 only completely English…
Visitation memento mori, painter unknown, c.1500, juxtaposing pregnancy and death, with four Augustinan canons regular of the Chapter (Abbey) of Sion. Left, with little lion, is Jerome; right, holding a heart, is Augustine. Rijksmuseum
Bishop Chrodegang of Metz
Ballybeg Priory, founded in 1229 by Philip de Barry for the Canons Regular of St Augustine
Abbess Joanna van Doorselaer de ten Ryen, Waasmunster Roosenberg Abbey.