Stained glass of St Gilbert from Dornoch Cathedral, Scotland.
Saint Gilbert de
Caithness
Évêque de
Caithness (+ 1245)
Évêque de Caithness en Écosse, il y construisit sa cathédrale à Dornoch, ainsi que plusieurs hospices pour les pauvres. En mourant, recommanda ce qu’il avait observé lui-même toute sa vie, ne faire tort à personne, supporter avec patience les châtiments divins et n’être cause de scandale pour personne. Serviteur fidèle du roi d'Écosse, il défendit avec courage l'indépendance de son pays, contre les prétentions de l'archevêque d'York.
À Caithness en Écosse, vers 1245, saint Gilbert, évêque, qui construisit sa
cathédrale à Dornoch, ainsi que plusieurs hospices pour les pauvres; et, en
mourant, recommanda ce qu’il avait observé lui-même toute sa vie, c’est-à-dire:
ne faire tort à personne, supporter avec patience les châtiments divins et
n’être cause de scandale pour personne.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/10782/Saint-Gilbert-de-Caithness.html
Also
known as
Gilbert of Caithness
Profile
Son of Duke William
de Moravia. Bishop of Caithness, Scotland for
20 years, during which he built the cathedral there.
Fierce proponent of Scottish independence,
often opposing the archbishop of York, England in
matters that he thought would reduce that independence.
1245 of
natural causes
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MLA
Citation
“Saint Gilbert de
Moray“. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 June 2023. Web. 24 March 2026. <https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gilbert-de-moray/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-gilbert-de-moray/
Book of Saints
– Gilbert of Caithness
Article
(Saint) Bishop (April 1)
(13th century) For twenty years Bishop of Caithness, of which Diocese he built
the Cathedral. He was a zealous Pastor of souls, and also a valued servant of
the Scottish Kings of his time. He died A.D. 1240. Many miracles are recorded
of him.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Gilbert of Caithness”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info.
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-gilbert-of-caithness/
April 1
St. Gilbert, Bishop of Caithness, in Scotland
HAVING administered that see with great sanctity
for twenty years, he died on the 1st of April, 1240. See the Aberdeen Breviary.
Rev. Alban Butler
(1711–73). Volume IV: April. The Lives of the Saints. 1866.
Gilbert of Caithness B
(AC)
Died April 1, 1245. Saint
Gilbert was the son of William de Moravia, lord of Duffus and Strabrok, who
owned enormous tracts of land in northern Scotland. King Alexander II appointed
him archdeacon of Moray, which gave him secular and religious power during a
turbulent period. Enemies set his accounting ledgers ablaze, but miraculously,
they survived. In 1223, Gilbert was appointed bishop of Caithness to succeed
Saint Adam, who had been burned alive. He held that position for 20 years
during which he built the cathedral of the diocese. The statues of this
cathedral of Dornoch were modelled on those of Moray and Lincoln. He also
established several homes for the poor. Gilbert was a valued servant of the
Scottish kings, a zealous upholder of Scottish independence against the
archbishop of York (though this is disputed), and a great preacher and
administrator. As patron of Caithness, his name is in the Aberdeen Breviary.
Until the Reformation (1545) , Gilbert's relics were venerated and used for the
swearing of oaths (Attwater2, Benedictines, Farmer, Husenbeth).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0401.shtml
Calendar
of Scottish Saints – Saint Gilbert, Bishop, A.D. 1245
Article
Saint Gilbert was the
last Scotsman who was honoured as a saint before the Reformation. He belonged
to the noble family of Moray, being son of William, Lord of Dufus. Having
entered the ecclesiastical state he became in due time Archdeacon of Moray, and
when the see of Caithness became vacant he was consecrated bishop of that
diocese. During the twenty years he ruled the church of Caithness he edified
all by his zeal and by the virtues of his private life.
The cathedral at that
time was but a small, insignificant church at Dornoch, dedicated to Saint
Finbar, an Irish saint of the sixth century who laboured as a missionary in
Scotland. The poverty of the diocese and the unsettled state of the times had
prevented any extension of this. Gilbert therefore resolved to provide at his
own cost a more worthy edifice for the mother-church of the diocese. The church
when completed was a beautiful Early English structure, with aisles, transepts,
and central tower and spire. The holy bishop considered it a privilege to help
with his own hands in the building work. He would himself superintend the
making of glass for the windows in the glass works he had established at
Sideray.
When the cathedral was
finished, Saint Gilbert’s next care was to form a Chapter, as hitherto there
had been no canons. In this important undertaking he followed the model of
Lincoln Cathedral and established the rite of that church in the ceremonial of
the services. The dignitaries and canons were ten in number, and there were
also sufficient vicars choral, or minor ecclesiastics, to enable the sacred
offices to be celebrated with becoming solemnity.
Saint Gilbert worked many
miracles during life; among them is recorded the bestowal of speech on a dumb
man by means of prayer and the sign of the cross. The saint was laid to rest
under the central spire of his cathedral, and a century after his death the
dedication, which had previously been to Saint Mary, had been changed to Saint
Mary and Saint Gilbert.
The relics of the saint
were greatly honoured in Catholic ages. No trace of Saint Gilbert’s
resting-place remains now except a portion of a broken statue which probably
formed part of it; like those of so many of our holy ones, his ashes are left
unhonoured in the desecrated church wherein they repose. Saint Gilbert’s Fair
was formerly held annually at Dornoch; it lasted for three days.
MLA
Citation
Father Michael
Barrett, OSB.
“Saint Gilbert, Bishop, A.D. 1245”. The Calendar
of Scottish Saints, 1919. CatholicSaints.Info.
9 March 2014. Web. 24 March 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/calendar-of-scottish-saints-saint-gilbert-bishop-a-d-1245/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/calendar-of-scottish-saints-saint-gilbert-bishop-a-d-1245/
Diocese of Caithness,
Scotland
Ancient diocese comprised
of territory now included in the counties of Caithness and Sutherland. Founded
by Malcolm III in 1066 and
restored by David I. Its cathedral is
now in ruins.
Profiled Bishops
MLA
Citation
“Diocese of Caithness,
Scotland“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 April 2019. Web. 24 March 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/diocese-of-caithness-scotland/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/diocese-of-caithness-scotland/
San Gilberto di
Caithness Vescovo
Festa: 1 aprile
† 1 aprile 1244 o 1245
Nato da nobile famiglia
scozzese, Gilberto, dopo un'eccellente formazione, divenne arcidiacono del
Moray, distinguendosi per eloquenza e difesa della Chiesa scozzese al concilio
di Northampton del 1176 (sebbene la sua partecipazione sia dibattuta). Nominato
vescovo di Caithness nel 1223, governò con sollecitudine la diocesi, edificando
la cattedrale di Dornoch, ospizi per i poveri e promuovendo la moralità del
clero e del popolo. Attribuiti a lui gli scritti "Exhortationes ad
ecclesiam suam" e "De libertate Scotiae", morì nel 1244/45,
venerato come santo e compatrono della cattedrale.
Martirologio
Romano: A Caithness in Scozia, san Gilberto, vescovo, che costruì a
Dornoch la chiesa cattedrale e allestì ospizi per i poveri; in punto di morte,
raccomandò ciò che egli stesso aveva osservato durante la sua vita: non far
male a nessuno, sopportare con pazienza le correzioni divine e non essere di
danno a nessuno.
Figlio di William, signore di Duffus e Strabrook, Gilberto apparteneva ad una nobile famiglia del Moray in Scozia. Dopo aver ricevuto un'ottima educazione civile e religiosa, abbracciò lo stato ecclesiastico e fu per molti anni arcidiacono del Moray, trovandosi infatti il suo nome ricorrente in parecchi documenti tra il 1203 e il 1221.
Una leggenda, riportata dal Fordun, vuole che, giovanissimo, Gilberto sia stato chiamato nel 1176 a partecipare insieme con i capi della Chiesa scozzese al concilio di Northampton, dove con molto calore e con vivace eloquenza difese i diritti e la libertà della sua Chiesa contro le pretese dell'arcivescovo di York che avrebbe voluto sottometterla alla propria giurisdizione metropolitana. Ora, un ecclesiastico chiamato Gilberto convenuto al concilio di Northampton del 1176, è davvero esistito, ma una già possibile identificazione con Gilberto de Moravia è tuttavia da escludere per evidenti ragioni cronologiche. Tale identificazione deve essere stata molto più tardi per legare al nome di Gilberto, divenuto famoso per le sue virtù e per la sua santità, un fatto così importante nella storia ecclesiastica scozzese.
Dopo la morte di Adamo, vescovo di Caithness, barbaramente trucidato dai suoi sudditi, Gilberto venne chiamato nel 1223 a reggere quella sede dal re di Scozia, Alessandro II, «omnium populi et cleri roboratus assensu». Per oltre vent'anni governò con ogni premura la sua diocesi, che dotò della bella cattedrale di Dornoch, per la quale redasse anche le costituzioni capitolari, e facendo inoltre costruire parecchi ospizi per i poveri, al tempo stesso adoperandosi incessantemente con la predicazione e con l’esempio al miglioramento morale e religioso dei suoi sudditi.
Al vescovo Gilberto di Caithness vengono attribuiti anche i due scritti Exhortationes ad ecclesiam suam e De libertate Scotiae. Morto il 1° aprile 1244 o 1245, Gilberto fu sepolto nella sua cattedrale di cui fu fatto compatrono, venendo inoltre per i vari miracoli operati in vita, onorato di culto pubblico e tenuto sempre in grande venerazione; ultimo scozzese che sia stato scritto nel catalogo dei santi prima della Riforma.
La festa di san Gilberto, vescovo di Caithness, si celebra il 1° aprile.
Autore: Niccolò Del Re
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/48160
Den hellige Gilbert av
Caithness ( -1245)
Minnedag:
1. april
Caithness' vernehelgen
Den hellige Gilbert var
sønn av William de Moravia, lord av Duffus og Strabrok, som eide enorme
landområder av det nordlige Skottland. Kong Alexander II utnevnte ham til
erkediakon av Moray, og slik fikk han både geistlig og verdslig myndighet i
denne turbulente tid. Hans fiender tente på hans regnskapsbøker, men på
underfullt vis overlevde de flammene.
I 1223 ble Gilbert
utnevnt til biskop av Caithness som etterfølger av den hellige Adam, som var
blitt levende brent. Han var biskop der i tyve år, og forestod byggingen av
bispedømmets katedral. Statuene i katedralen hadde som forbilder statuene i
Moray og i Lincoln.
Han etablerte også flere
fattighus. Gilbert var en skattet tjener av de skotske konger, og iherdig
forsvarer av skottenes kirkelige uavhengighet fra erkebiskopen av York (skjønt
dette er noe omstridt), og var en stor taler og administrator.
Han nevnes i
Aberdeen-breviaret som vernehelgen for Caithness. Hans relikvier ble æret frem
til reformasjonen (1545), og brukt når folk skulle sverge en ed.
Kilder:
KIR - Sist oppdatert: 2000-03-30 23:28
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/gcaithne
San Gilberto. Fue obispo
de Caithness en Escocia, construyó la iglesia catedral en Dornoch y habilitó
hospederías para los pobres. Cuando se le acercó la muerte, recomendó a los
demás lo que él mismo había practicado en su vida: no hacer daño a nadie,
soportar con paciencia las correcciones divinas y no ser motivo de escándalo
para nadie. Murió el año 1245.
SOURCE : https://www.franciscanos.org/agnofranciscano/m04/dia0401.html
San GILBERTO DE
CAITHNESS. M. 1245.
(ing.: Gilbert of
Caithness, Gilbert of Dornoch).
Prenda esplendorosa. Voluntad
fuerte.
Martirologio Romano: En Caithness, en Escocia, san Gilberto (Gilbert), obispo, que erigió la iglesia catedral en Dornoch y dispuso hospederías para los pobres, y al morir encomendó lo que él mismo había observado en su vida, a saber: no hacer daño a ningún ser, llevar con paciencia los contradicciones permitidas por Dios y a nadie dar ocasión de tropiezo.
Nacido en Moray, Gilberto
recibió las órdenes sagradas y fue nombrado archidiácono de Moray. Según la
tradición, siendo todavía muy joven, fue convocado con los obispos de la
Iglesia de Escocia a un concilio que tuvo lugar en Northampton, en 1176. Como
portavoz de los obispos escoceses, se opuso con fervor y elocuencia a la idea
de convertir a los prelados del norte de Gran Bretaña en sufragáneos del
Arzobispo de York. Sostuvo firmemente que la Iglesia de Escocia había sido
libre desde el principio y que sólo estaba sujeta a la autoridad del Papa; por
lo tanto habría sido injusto someterla a la autoridad de un metropolitano
inglés, tanto más cuanto que los ingleses y los escoceses, vivían perpetuamente
en guerra. Según parece, ésta fue la idea que se impuso en el concilio. Es
cierto que en el sínodo de Northampton un clérigo llamado Gilberto pronunció un
discurso en este sentido, pero es muy difícil probar que se trataba de Gilberto
que fue nombrado obispo de Caithness, en 1223.
Según el "Breviario
de Aberdeen", Gilberto sirvió a varios monarcas. La leyenda cuenta que sus
amigos quemaron los libros en que guardaba las cuentas, con la esperanza de
desacreditarle; pero las oraciones del santo lograron que los libros
aparecieran íntegros. Después del asesinato del obispo Adam, Alejandro nombró a
Gilberto obispo de Caithness. El santo gobernó su diócesis sabiamente durante
veinte años, construyó varios albergues para los pobres, erigió la catedral de
Dornoch y, con su predicación y ejemplo, contribuyó a la civilización de su
pueblo. En su lecho de muerte dijo a los que le rodeaban: “Os recomiendo tres
máximas que yo he tratado de observar toda mi vida: No hagáis daño a nadie ni
tratéis de vengaros si os lo hacen. Soportad con paciencia los sufrimientos que
Dios os envíe, teniendo presente que él purifica así a sus hijos para el cielo.
Por último, obedeced a la autoridad para no escandalizar a nadie”. Tiene culto
local.
SOURCE : https://hagiopedia.blogspot.com/2013/04/san-gilberto-de-caitheness-m-1245.html