Gilbertiner

The Gilbertines were a religious monk and nun order from the Middle Ages and represent the only purely English monastic order.

In 1130 or 1135, St Gilbert of Sempringham founded a spiritual brotherhood in Lincolnshire . Since Pope Eugene III. did not allow them to join the Cistercians , they formed their own association in 1148. The nuns lived according to the Rule of St. Benedict , the men as Augustinian Canons ( Augustine of Hippo ).

At the time of the Reformation , the Gilbertines had 21 branches in England. In 1519 the order was canceled.

literature

• Richard B. Dobson: Sempringham, monastery . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 7, LexMA-Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7608-8907-7 , Sp. 1742 f. treats Gilbert, the Gilbertines and the monastery .
• Brian Golding: Gilbert of Sempringham and the Gilbertine Order. 1130-1300 . Clarendon Press, Oxford 1995, ISBN 0-19-820060-9 .

Web links

• Richard U. Butler:  Order of Gilbertines . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 6, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1909 ((accessed December 1, 2012)).
• Publications about the Gilbertines in the Opac of the Regesta Imperii