Erluin II (died 26 May 1012) was the third
abbot of Gembloux
Gembloux Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in Wallonia near the town of Gembloux in the province of Namur, Belgium. Since 1860, its buildings host the University of Liège's Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech faculty and campus (previously known as Agronomic ...
from 991 until his death. He was a nephew of Bishop
Erluin of Cambrai and a relative of the first two abbots of Gembloux,
Erluin I and
Heriward.
Ursmer Berlière
Ursmer Berlière, born Alfred Berlière (1861–1932) was a monk of Maredsous Abbey and a monastic historian whose bibliography ran to 360 publications.Philibert Schmitz, "Berlière, Alfred", ''Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 30(Brussels, 1 ...
, ''Monasticon Belge'', vol. 1 (Maredsous, 1897), p. 17. The ''Auctarium Gemblacense'', a continuation of the chronicle of
Sigebert of Gembloux, calls him ''Erluinus iunior'', Erluin the younger.
[D. L. C. Bethmann, ed., ''Siegeberti Auctarium Gemblacense'', MGH SS, 6 (Hanover, 1844), p]
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Before coming to Gembloux, Erluin was a monk at
Gorze
Gorze (; german: Gorz) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Sites and monuments
Gorze Abbey was confiscated as public property during the French Revolution; it has since been restored and utilised for a v ...
. Heriward died in May 991, and Erluin was elected to succeed him on 24 December. According to Sigebert and his anonymous continuator, under Erluin the abbey suffered lax discipline and as a result religious devotion and communal life declined. Erluin died on 26 May 1012 and was buried in the abbey church of Saint-Pierre, close to where his predecessor lay.
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Abbots of Gembloux
1012 deaths
Year of birth unknown