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Saint Florbertus
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Beatified
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Canonised
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Who they were
Floribertus of Ghent was the first abbot of Saint Peter's Abbey in Ghent. He came from the abbey of Elnone at Saint-Amand-les-Eaux and was called to Ghent by Saint Amand, who named him first abbot of the newly founded abbey on the Blandijnberg. He was declared a saint on 20 April 1049, and his feast day falls on 1 November.
Summary translated from the Dutch Wikipedia article Florbertus van Gent (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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Sources
- CatholicSaints.Info — Saint Floribert of Ghent (Florbert, Florbertus) (citing the Book of Saints, Monks of Ramsgate) — Memorial 1 November; abbot of Mont-Blandin and Saint-Bavon, worked with St Amandus, d. c.660, canonised 20 April 1049 by Pope Leo IX.
- Wikidata Q2693633 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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