Saint Waldebert
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| Saint Waldebert | |
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| Born | unknown, France |
| Died | c. 668 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | May 2 |
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Waldebert (also known as Gaubert and Walbert), (d. c. 668), was a French abbot in the Benedictine Order, and a canonized saint in the Roman Catholic Catholic church.
He was born of a noble Frankish family and served in the military before dedicating himself to the contemplative life and joining the monastery at Luxeuil in modern-day France. He was a hermit there until the death of the monastery's abbot, Saint Eustace, when Waldebert was elected abbot (c. 628).
He was abbot of the monastery for forty years, and he oversaw the move of the monastery from the Rule of St. Columban to the Benedictine Rule. He also gained independence of his community in Canon law and increased the size and prosperity of the monastery's grounds and buildings. He was instrumental in aiding Saint Salaberga found her convent at Laon.
His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is May 2.
