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ST GAUSBERT, HERMIT - 27 MAY

 

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Saints celebrated on the 27th of May

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SAINT GAUSBERT, HERMIT


Saint Gausbert (Gausbertus), commemorated on May 27, was a hermit who attracted so many disciples through the shining example of his virtues that he founded the monastery of Montsalvy (coenobium Monsalviense) in the Diocese of Saint-Flour. He went to his eternal reward around the year 1069. 

The Bollandists* could not find out any more detailed information, as the monks of Montsalvy, when approached by the hagiographers in the process of their research - oddly enough - refused them access to the manuscripts held there. Their lack of cooperation seemed to stem from petty jealousy regarding the Bollandists'* growing renown. (VI. 68., Mg.)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 360)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Gausbert may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org

MONTSALVY ABBEY

Montsalvy Abbey (Abbaye Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Montsalvy) is a historic monastery founded around AD 1050 - 1070 by the monk Gausbert in the Cantal department of the Auvergne region in southern France. It gave its name to the surrounding medieval sanctuary town (Mons Salvi or Mountain of Salvation). Saint Gausbert's foundation stood under the protection of local lords like Bérenger, Viscount of Rodez. Created as a sauveté (a sacred refuge zone marked by boundary stones where travellers and settlers were offered land and protection), it was operated as a monastic and hospital complex before transitioning into a secular collegiate church in 1764 prior to the French Revolution. Montsalvy Abbey's church features a 10th-to-11th-century Romanesque apse, a Romanesque portal, and a later Gothic nave. It functions today as the local parish church.

Sources: AI and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montsalvy_Abbey



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