Gerard of Brogne

Saint Gerard of Brogne was born near Namur in Belgium and went to France, where he became a monk at Saint-⁠Denis. After some years he was ordained priest and left for Belgium to found a new monastery on his own estate at Brogne. He was abbot there for twenty-⁠two years and revived monastic life in Flanders, Lorraine and Champagne. He reposed in 959. He is commemorated on 3 October, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.