About: Gérard of Brogne

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Saint Gérard (in Walloon Sint-Djuråd) (ca. 895—d. October 3, 959) was an abbot of Brogne. A native of Staves (Namur), he was a member of the family of dukes of Lower Austrasia. Originally a soldier, he rebuilt a family chapel into a large church and later became a monk at Saint-Denis. He was then ordained priest. He returned to Brogne, where he fought the laxity of clerics there and replaced them with monks. He retired to a cell near the monastery for mortification. He also traveled to Rome to obtain a papal bull to confirm the privileges of Brogne Abbey.

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rdf:type	Saint
rdfs:label	Gérard of Brogne
rdfs:comment	Saint Gérard (in Walloon Sint-Djuråd) (ca. 895—d. October 3, 959) was an abbot of Brogne. A native of Staves (Namur), he was a member of the family of dukes of Lower Austrasia. Originally a soldier, he rebuilt a family chapel into a large church and later became a monk at Saint-Denis. He was then ordained priest. He returned to Brogne, where he fought the laxity of clerics there and replaced them with monks. He retired to a cell near the monastery for mortification. He also traveled to Rome to obtain a papal bull to confirm the privileges of Brogne Abbey.
sameAs	dbr:Gérard_of_Brogne
patronage	Saint-Gérard, Namur
dcterms:subject	Roman Catholic saints 10th-century Christian saints dbkwik:resource/7-l-4_djDaYL0I8l21r77g== Belgian saints dbkwik:resource/Ee-b2yBaqFNcqajNuntAeg==
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Birth Date	~895
major shrine	Saint-Gérard, Namur
venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Name	Saint Gérard of Brogne
ImageSize	250(xsd:integer)
Caption	Statue of Saint Gerard, behind which stands the church of Saint-Gérard.
feast day	--10-03
death date	0959-10-03(xsd:date)
abstract	Saint Gérard (in Walloon Sint-Djuråd) (ca. 895—d. October 3, 959) was an abbot of Brogne. A native of Staves (Namur), he was a member of the family of dukes of Lower Austrasia. Originally a soldier, he rebuilt a family chapel into a large church and later became a monk at Saint-Denis. He was then ordained priest. He returned to Brogne, where he fought the laxity of clerics there and replaced them with monks. He retired to a cell near the monastery for mortification. The Archbishop of Cambrai asked him to reform the community of Saint-Ghislain in Hainault. He replaced the canons with monks. He eventually became head of 18 other abbeys in the region of present-day Belgium. At the end of his life, he retired again to Brogne. He also traveled to Rome to obtain a papal bull to confirm the privileges of Brogne Abbey.

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