Anselm of Gembloux, Latinized Anselmus Gemblacensis (died 22 February 1136) was abbot of

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1115–1136, and continuator of the chronicle of

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. Before his election he had been

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at Hautvilliers Abbey ( fr) and

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( fr). As abbot of Gembloux he had repairs carried out to the buildings and extended the monastery's revenues. He rebuilt the church at

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and in 1123 received a charter of liberties for the village from

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. Ursmer Berlière, ''Monasticon Belge'', vol. 1 (Maredsous, 1897), p. 18.

Sources

* ''Index scriptorum novus Mediae Latinitatis: Ab anno DCCC usque ad annum MCC'' (Copenhagen, 1973), p. 27.

References

1136 deaths 12th-century historians from the Holy Roman Empire Year of birth unknown Abbots of Gembloux {{belgium-reli-bio-stub