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Gerebald :''There is another saint Gerbold of the same name, a bishop of Bayeux from the seventh century; and a bishop of Liège A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institut ...

is another saint with essentially the same name'' Saint Gerbold (french: saint Gerbaud or ''saint Gerbold'') (died c. 690 AD) was a French bishop venerated as a saint by the

Catholic Church The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

. He was a monk who founded the

abbey An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christian monks and nuns. The conce ...

of Livry in

Normandy Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...

and later became

bishop of Bayeux The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux (Latin: ''Dioecesis Baiocensis et Lexoviensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in France. It is coextensive with the Department of Calvados and is ...

.Saint Gerbaud ou Gerbold
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Bishops of Bayeux 690 deaths 7th-century Frankish saints Year of birth unknown Year of death uncertain {{France-bishop-stub