Saint Robert of Chaise-Dieu
- Also known as
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Robert de Turlande
Robert of Casa Dei
- Memorial
- 17 April
- Profile
- Relative of Saint Gerald of Aurillac.
Priest.
Canon of Saint Julian's church at Brioude where he founded a hospice for the poor.
Monk at Cluny under the direction of Saint Odilo.
Pilgrim to Rome.
Retired to Brioude near Auvergne where he attracted so many followers that the great Benedictine abbey of Casa Dei (House of God) or Chaise-Dieu (Chair of God) with 300 monks.
Spiritual teacher of Saint Adelemus.
- Born
- 11th century at Auvergne, France
- Died
- 1087 of natural causes
- Canonized
- 1095
- Print References
- Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
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