Gilbert of Cîteaux
abbot of Cîteaux
Feast: 17 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Toulouse, also in France, the anniversary of the death of Blessed Gilbert, abbot of Cîteaux, who, English by origin, was a man of great learning and defended Saint Thomas Becket in exile.
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 17 October as the English-born abbot of Cîteaux who defended Saint Thomas Becket in exile.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Thomas Becket Saint“At Toulouse, also in France, the anniversary of the death of Blessed Gilbert, abbot of Cîteaux, who, English by origin, was a man of great learning and defended Saint Thomas Becket in exile.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 17 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q18527771 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.