Aubert of Cambrai
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c. 600 AD
Haucourt-en-Cambresis, Austrasia, Francia
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| Born | Aubert c. 600 AD Haucourt-en-Cambresis, Austrasia, Francia |
| Died | c. 668-669 AD Cambrai, Austrasia, Francia |
| Feast | 13 December |
Aubert of Cambrai (French: Aubert de Cambrai) or Aubertus was a Merovingian Bishop of Cambrai and Arras and a Frankish saint.[1]
Aubert of Cambrai was born around c. 600 AD in Austrasia, Francia.[2]
Aubert was consecrated as the bishop of the united sees of Arras and Cambrai on 24 March 633 AD.[3] He succeeded Aldebert, bishop of Cambrai-Arras.[4]
Bishop Aubert promoted religion and the study of holy texts in Hainaut and Flanders.[5] Through his influence, many nobles were Christianized, and King Dagobert became a major supporter of the Christian Church.[6] St. Landelin was entrusted to his care and was educated in learning and piety by St. Aubert.[7] The bishop of Cambrai gave his benediction to St. Ghislain and blessed his hermitage (now Saint-Ghislain) on the Haine in the pagus Hainoensis. St. Aubert bestowed the religious habit upon Count of Hainaut Vincent Madelgarius, his wife Saint Waltrude, and her sister St. Aldegundis.[8] Aldegundis was admitted to the vows of a nun by St. Aubert of Cambrai and St. Amandus of Maestricht before becoming the first abbess of Maubeuge Abbey.[9] Aubert built himself many churches and several abbeys, including in Hautmont, in 652 AD.[8] After Witger, Count of Condat, died as a monk at Lobbes Abbey, Bishop Aubert bestowed the veil of widowhood upon St. Amalberga.[10][11]
Aubert of Cambrai, alongside St. Eligius of Noyon, arrived 30 days after St. Fursey's death to exhume his body for his canonization around 655-658 AD.[12] Bishop Aubert performed the translation of the relics of St. Vedast at Arras in 666 AD.[8]
