ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 5th of November WELCOME! SIGEBERT OF GEMBLOUX, MONK AND CHRONICLER Sigebert of Gembloux Sigebert of Gembloux was a Benedictine monk and historian, born near Gembloux which is now in the Province of Namur, Belgium, about 1035; he died at the same place, November 5, 1112. Apparently he was not a German, but seems to have been of Latin descent. He received his education at the Abbey of Gembloux and at an early age became a monk in this abbey; after this he taught for a long time at the Abbey of Saint Vincent at Metz. About 1070 he returned to Gembloux, where he was universally admired and venerated, and had charge there of the abbey school until his death. While at Metz he wrote the biographies of Bishop Theodoric I of Metz (964 - 985), of King Sigebert III, founder of the monastery of Saint Martin at Metz, and also a long poem on the martyrdom of Saint Lucia, whose relics were venerated at the Abbey of Saint Vincent. After ...