Blessed Idesbald of Dunes Biography
Bl. Idesbald of Dunes Profile. Born: 1095 AD in Belgium, Europe. Worked in Belgium. Died: 1167 in Belgium. Feast Day is celebrated on April 18.
Bl. Idesbald of Dunes Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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| Date of Birth | 1095 AD |
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| Country of Birth | Belgium of Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Monks |
| Profession | Priest, Monk |
| Place of Work | Belgium |
| Date of Death | 1167 |
| Place of Death | Belgium |
| Feast Day | April 18 |
| Beatification | Beatified by Pope Leo XIII on July 23 1894 |
| Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
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Blessed’s Biography
Blessed Idesbald was born around 1090 in Belgium to aristocratic family. Van der Gracht. He spent the youth at the court of the count of Flanders.
In 1135 he was canned at St. Walburga in Furnes in Flanders. Bl. Idesbald of Dunes was a widower when he became a priest. After a while he resigned from the office of becoming a Cistercian monk in the Monastery of Our Lady of the Dune (12 years).
Bl. Idesbald of Dunes Death
He died in 1167 in Dune and was buried in a coffin in the monastery church.
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