Individual Details
Gilbert Jocelyn
(Abt 1089 - 4 Feb 1189)
Born at Semperingham, Lincolnshire. Son of Sir Gilbert Jocelyn. Buried in his abbey church at Semperingham between the altars of St. Mary and St. Andrew. He was educated in France, and, returning to Semperingham, devoted himself to works of charity, and instructed in religion and literature the young people of the neighborhood. He became a priest, and held the livings of Semperingham and Tyrrington. He was clerk to the Bishop of Lincoln but refused to accept the office of Archdeacon of Lincoln. He founded at Semperingham an order for monks and nuns which was later known as the Gilbertine Order. Many miracles are said to have been wrought for those who prayed at his tomb, and in 1202 he was canonized by Pope Innocent III as St. Gilbert of Semperingham, 4 Feb. being his commemoration day (French, 236).
Events
| Birth | Abt 1089 | Semperhingham, Lincolnshire |  | ||
| Death | 4 Feb 1189 |  | | ||
| Burial | Semperhingham |
Families
| Father | Sir Gilbert Jocelyn (1040 - ) |
| Mother | NN "daughter of a Saxon Thane" ( - ) |
| Sibling | Geoffrey Jocelyn (1091 - ) |
Notes
Death
Miss Graham (Cf. Rose Graham's St. Gilbert of Semperingham and the Gilbertines) thinks that the age given for St. Gilbert at his death, 106 years, should be 100 years, the Latin word senex, "old," having been probably mistaken for the Latin sex, "six." (French, 236)Endnotes
1. Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England [continued from page 176]," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, LXXI (1917) (https://books.google.com : accessed 28 February 2015), Jocelyn genealogy.
2. Elizabeth French, "Genealogical Research in England [continued from page 176]," The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, LXXI (1917) (https://books.google.com : accessed 28 February 2015), Jocelyn genealogy.