Apr 182012
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Court page and courtier to the Count of Flanders, Belgium. Canon priest of Veurne, Belgium in 1135, a position he resigned to become a Cistercian monk at the abbey of Our Lady of the Dunes on the sand hills between Dunkirk and Nieuport. Abbot there for 12 years.
Born
- 1167
- remains relocated in 1577 to avoid raiders who looted the abbey
- remains relocated in 1623; they were found to be incorrupt
- relics relocated to Bruges, Belgium in 1796 to avoid them being destroyed in the French Revolution
- relics relocated to a chapel at Our Lady of the Potteries Abbey in 1830
- skeletal left arm in the Diocese of Bruges, Belgium
- skeletal right thigh in the church of Notre-Dame of the Dunes Abbey
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Kirken i Norge
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Santi i Beati
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation