Gilbert of Meaux

Holy Hierarch Gilbert of Meaux was bishop of the city of Meaux in France at the turn of the 10th and 11th centuries. He came from Vermandois and was first a canon at Saint-⁠Quentin.

He served as archdeacon to Bishop Archanrad and succeeded him in the see in 995. Little is known of his acts as shepherd: he set his seal to charters of the abbey of Saint-⁠Denis (in 998 and 1008) and to a royal charter for the abbey of Saint Peter at Melun, and he gave property to several monasteries of the Île-⁠de-⁠France. He took part in the council of Chelles in 1008 and divided the revenues of the Church of Meaux between the bishop and his cathedral chapter.

He reposed on 13 February 1015 and was buried before the high altar of Meaux cathedral. Miracles were reported at his tomb. His relics were desecrated by the Huguenots in 1562. He is commemorated on 13 February in the dioceses of Meaux and Soissons, by the Western calendar (new style), as a saint of the undivided Church.