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Gérard of Brogne, Frankish abbot

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Gérard of Brogne

Abbot of Brogne (885-959)

Saint Gérard founded Brogne Abbey and reformed eighteen others according to the Benedictine Rule.
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Abbot

Religious title

Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from abba, the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ab, and means "father". The female equivalent is abbess.
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