# Gondelbert

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Saint Gondelbert Abbot, (?) Bishop of Sens Died c. 676 Venerated in Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church Canonized Pre-Congregation Feast 21 February

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**Saint Gondelbert** (also **Gondelbertus, Gundebert, Gumbert, Gombert,** or **Gondeberg**; [Latin](/source/Latin_language): *Gumbertus, etc.*) was the founder of the [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) [Senones Abbey](/source/Senones_Abbey) in the Rabodeau ([fr:Rabodeau](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabodeau)) valley of the [Vosges](/source/Vosges) mountains around 640 AD.[1]

## Life

The life of Saint Gondelbert was written by one Richer, a monk of Senones, composed three later centuries.[2]

The Benedictine monks of Senones Abbey preserved the tradition, dating from the eleventh century, that Gondelbert was the [archbishop of Sens](/source/Archbishop_of_Sens) before he founded the abbey. Gondelbert arrived in the Rabodeau valley and named his monastery after the diocese of Sens (*Senonis* in Latin).[3]

In 661, [Childeric II](/source/Childeric_II), king of Austrasia, donated the Val de Senones to "Gumbertus Episcopus". Childeric's donation was both generous and self-serving. It pleased him to thus oblige a man of God and to favor the extension of the Christian faith in this region. But he also knew that the founding of an abbey would open a center of civilization in the most deprived part of his kingdom.[2]

Gondelbert's first cares was to provide his community with a church, which he dedicated to Notre-Dame. Subsequently, there developed monastic buildings which he placed under the patronage of Saint Peter. The group followed the *[Rule of Saint Benedict](/source/Rule_of_Saint_Benedict)*.

He was the confessor of [Itta of Metz](/source/Itta_of_Metz), and is credited with building the first church in [Itteville](/source/Itteville).[4]

He died around 676 while making a pilgrimage to Moyenvic.[5]

He is a Catholic saint and his feastday is 21 February.[6]

The parish church in Senones is dedicated to St. Gondelbert.[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Abbay of Senones", Agence Régionale du Tourisme Grand Est| Destination Lorraine](https://www.tourism-lorraine.com/see-do/visits/sites-and-monuments/940005590-abbaye-de-senones-senones,)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-diocese_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-diocese_2-1) ["Saint Gondelbert", Diocèse de Saint-Dié](https://dp.catho.ahennezel.info/saint-gondelbert)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-cesens_3-0)** Goyau, Georges. ["Sens"](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13716a.htm) *The Catholic Encyclopedia*. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company (1912). Retrieved 2012-03-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Saint Gombert", Nominis](https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/5800/Saint-Gombert.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["2H: Abbaye de Senones"](http://www.vosges-archives.com/fichiers/anterieur/2H.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20120211101943/http://www.vosges-archives.com/fichiers/anterieur/2H.pdf) 11 February 2012 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) p.32, *Vosges-Archives.com*. Retrieved 2012-03-19.(in French)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Saint Gundebert of Sens](http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-gundebert-of-sens/) *Saints.SQPN.com*. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Eglise Saint-Gondelbert", Diocèse de Saint-Dié](https://www.catholique88.fr/lieu/eglise-saint-gondelbert-0)

## External links

- [Saint Gondelbert, in stained glass](https://web.archive.org/web/20120312220247/http://www.catholique-vosges.fr/Saint-Gondelbert.html) Diocèse de Saint-Dié (Vosges) (in French)

- [Saint Gondelbert, Fondateur de Senones](https://web.archive.org/web/20120313034221/http://www.catholique-vosges.fr/saint-gondelbert,2476.html) Diocèse de Saint-Dié (Vosges) (in French)

- ["Gondelbert von Senones", *Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon*](https://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienG/Gondelbert_von_Senones.html)

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