Blessed Robert of Arbrissel Biography
Blessed Robert of Arbrissel 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 | Late 11th Century |
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| Country of Birth | France in Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Priests |
| Profession | Missionary |
| Place of Work | France |
| Date of Death | 1116 AD |
| Place of Death | N/A |
| Feast Day | February 25 |
| Beatification | Beatified by N/A |
| Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
| Patron Saint of | N/A |
Bl. Robert of Arbrissel Biography
Bl. Robert of Arbrissel was the son of a village priest who became a priest himself. He later became an archpriest at Rennes, France where he was known both as a reformer and as a peace-maker. Robert taught at Angers, France. He lived as a hermit in the forest of Craon, France where he founded a community of canons. Robert was a renown preacher and when Pope Urban II heard him speak in 1095, he ordered Robert to devote himself to preaching.
He toured the region on preaching missions, attracting would-be students and was being accused by his detractors of sleeping with the local women who listened to him. Robert founded a double monastery that became the modern Fontevraud-l’Abbaye in Pays-de-la-Loire, France. He wrote a Rule for the community and handed over its administration to an abbess where it soon became the mother-house of the Order of Fontevraud and the Rule received papal approval in Calixtus II in 1119.
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