Leutbert from Cambrai

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Leutbert of Cambrai; Baroque donor image in Cambrai Cathedral

Leutbert von Cambrai , also Lietbert , Libert , French Liébert ; Also L. of Brakel , L. de Lessines (* around 1000 in the Duchy of Brabant ; † 23. June 1076 in Cambrai  ?) was from 1051 until his death Bishop of Cambrai and imperial prince in the Bishopric of Cambrai . He is venerated as a saint in the Archdiocese of Cambrai .

Life

The biography of Leutbert is known through the biography of Rudolf , a monk of the Benedictine abbey founded by Leutbert. The story of the failed pilgrimage to the Holy Land takes up the largest part of it. Rudolf reports that Leutbert went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem with a large group of diocesans, men and women, in 1054, three years after taking up his office as bishop . After various dangers and difficulties they reached Cyprus , from where they were brought to Laodicea instead of Palestine by timid and deceitful seamen . There they finally decided to return home.

After his return, Leutbert set up various foundations , the most important of which was the Benedictine Abbey of the Holy Sepulcher ( Saint-Sépulcre ) in Cambrai in 1064 , the original abbey church of which was a replica of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .

As sovereign, Leutbert was in conflict with Robert I of Flanders and with the citizens of Cambrai, who sought imperial immediacy .

After his death, Leutbert was buried in the abbey church of Saint-Sépulcre.

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  1. John S. Ott
  2. paroissedecambrai
predecessor Office successor
Gerhard I. Bishop of Cambrai
1051-1076
Gerhard II.