Gelduin (died 1123) was a
Benedictine monk who served as the third
abbot of Anchin from 1102 to 1109.
[, gives his dates as 1103–1110.]
Gelduin was the brother of the castellan of
Hesdin. He became a monk at
Saint-Vincent de Laon and then abbot of
Saint-Michel en Thiérache. Around 1090, he resigned as abbot and retired to the
Abbey of Anchin. In 1102, Abbot Haymeric died and the monks elected Gelduin to succeed him. Gelduin introduced the
Cluniac reform into Anchin. In 1104 and 1105, he obtained
bulls
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*The plural of bull, an adult male bovine
*Bulls, New Zealand, a small town in the Rangitikei District
Sports
*Bucking bull, used in the sport of bull riding
*Bulls (rugby union), a South African rugby union franchise operated ...
from
Pope Paschal II confirming the monastery's spiritual and temporal jurisdiction, including over the priories of (founded 1088) and Hesdin (1094). He wrote to
Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm of Canterbury, OSB (; 1033/4–1109), also called ( it, Anselmo d'Aosta, link=no) after his birthplace and (french: Anselme du Bec, link=no) after his monastery, was an Italian Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher and theologian of th ...
concerning the right of his abbey to collect tithes. Anselm's cautious response survives.
In 1109, Gelduin retired a second time to live the speculative life in the
Abbey of Saint-Bertin
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. A monk named Robert was elected to succeed him, but he was unable to keep the peace in the monastery and the monks re-elected Gelduin in 1111. Gelduin refused to accept his election and appealed to Bishop , who forced the monks to elect another. They chose Alvise, prior of
Saint-Vaast d'Arras, as abbot. Gelduin then moved to England, where he died in 1123.
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11th-century births
1123 deaths
Benedictine abbots