Gilbert Jocelyn
(1083 - 4 February 1189)
Date this page was last edited=9 Feb 2006
Gilbert Jocelyn was also known as Saint Gilbert of Sempringham. He was born in 1083 in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, England.1,2 He was the son of Sir Gilbert Jocelyn.1 His year of birth evidently comes from the age given for him at his death; this may have been mistranslated as 106 years instead of 100 years; if 100 years is correct, then he was actually born in 1089.1
According to Elizabeth French's Josselyn genealogy: He was educated in France, and, returning to Semperingham, devoted himself to works of charity, and instructed in religion and literature the young people of the neighborhood. He became a priest, and held the livings of Semperingham and Tyrrington. He was clerk to the Bishop of Lincoln, but refused to accept the office of Archdeacon of Lincoln. He founded at Semperingham an order for monks and nuns which was later known as the Gilbertine Order. Many miracles are said to have been wrought for those who prayed at his tomb, and in 1202 he was canonized by Pope Innocent III as St. Gilbert of Semperingham, 4 Feb. being his commemoration day.1
Gilbert Jocelyn died on 4 February 1189.1 He was buried on 7 February 1189 in the priory church of St. Mary at Sempringham, between the altars of St. Mary and St. Andrew, in the presence of abbots, of priors of his own and other monasteries, of many of the religious both men and women, of the many noble and rich of the world, and of a countless multitude of the people.3
A more complete description of St. Gilbert and his order is in the following text exhibit.
According to Elizabeth French's Josselyn genealogy: He was educated in France, and, returning to Semperingham, devoted himself to works of charity, and instructed in religion and literature the young people of the neighborhood. He became a priest, and held the livings of Semperingham and Tyrrington. He was clerk to the Bishop of Lincoln, but refused to accept the office of Archdeacon of Lincoln. He founded at Semperingham an order for monks and nuns which was later known as the Gilbertine Order. Many miracles are said to have been wrought for those who prayed at his tomb, and in 1202 he was canonized by Pope Innocent III as St. Gilbert of Semperingham, 4 Feb. being his commemoration day.1
Gilbert Jocelyn died on 4 February 1189.1 He was buried on 7 February 1189 in the priory church of St. Mary at Sempringham, between the altars of St. Mary and St. Andrew, in the presence of abbots, of priors of his own and other monasteries, of many of the religious both men and women, of the many noble and rich of the world, and of a countless multitude of the people.3
A more complete description of St. Gilbert and his order is in the following text exhibit.
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