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Aibert
Benedictine monastic and hermit
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 7 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1060
Died
1140
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near the monastery of Crespin in Hainaut, in present-day France, Saint Aibert, priest and monk, who every day recited the whole Psalter in solitude, kneeling or prostrate on the ground, and ministered the divine mercy to the penitents who flocked to him.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 7 April as a priest and monk who recited the whole Psalter daily in solitude and ministered divine mercy to penitents.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2298532 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aibert (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.