Saint Gondelbert, (also Gondelbertus, Gundebert, Gumbert, Gombert, Gondeberg) was the founder of the

Benedictine , image = Medalla San Benito.PNG , caption = Design on the obverse side of the Saint Benedict Medal , abbreviation = OSB , formation = , motto = (English: 'Pray and Work') , foun ...

Senones Abbey Senones Abbey (''Abbaye de Senones'') was a Order of St. Benedict, Benedictine abbey located in the valley of the Rabodeau, in the present village of Senones, Vosges, Senones in Grand Est, France. History The abbey was founded in the middle of the ...

in the Rabodeau ( :fr:Rabodeau) valley of the

Vosges The Vosges ( , ; german: Vogesen ; Franconian and gsw, Vogese) are a range of low mountains in Eastern France, near its border with Germany. Together with the Palatine Forest to the north on the German side of the border, they form a single ...

mountains around 650 AD, and its first abbot. He died around 676.Saint of the Day, 21 February: ''Gundebert of Senones''
''SaintPatrickDC.org''. Retrieved 2012-03-19. The Benedictine monks of Senones Abbey preserve the tradition, dating from the eleventh century, that Gondelbert was the

archbishop of Sens The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sens and Auxerre (Latin: ''Archidioecesis Senonensis et Antissiodorensis''; French: ''Archidiocèse de Sens et Auxerre'') is a Latin Rite Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. The Archdiocese compr ...

before he founded the abbeyGoyau, Georges
"Sens"
''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company (1912). Retrieved 2012-03-20. and that the abbey is named after the diocese of Sens (''Senonis'' in Latin). He is a Catholic saint and his feastday is 21 February.Saint Gundebert of Sens
''Saints.SQPN.com''. 19 February 2010. Retrieved 2012-03-20.

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Diocèse de Saint-Dié (Vosges)

Diocèse de Saint-Dié (Vosges) {{authority control 676 deaths Bishops of Sens 7th-century Christian saints Year of birth unknown 7th-century Frankish bishops