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Sherbrooke Mosspark Parish Church, also known as Sherbrooke St Gilbert's Church, is a congregation of the Church of Scotland serving the Pollokshields, Dumbreck and Mosspark areas on the south side of Glasgow, Scotland. [1] It is within the Church of Scotland's Presbytery of Glasgow.
St Gilbert died at Sempringham in 1189 and was buried in the priory church. He was canonised on 13 October 1202, for the many miracles noted at his tomb in the priory. His name is prefixed to the Sempringham Priory, which is known as "St Gilbert Sempringham Priory," and is a centre of pilgrimage.
Gilbert of Sempringham (c. 1085 – 4 February 1189) [2] the founder of the Gilbertine Order, was the only Medieval Englishman to found a conventual order, mainly because the Abbot of Cîteaux declined his request to assist him in organising a group of women who wanted to live as nuns, living with lay brothers and sisters, in 1148. [3]
The Gilbertine Order of Canons Regular was founded around 1130 by Saint Gilbert in Sempringham, Lincolnshire, where Gilbert was the parish priest.It was the only completely English religious order and came to an end in the 16th century at the time of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. [1]
Sempringham is noted as the home of Gilbert of Sempringham, the son of the lord of the manor. Gilbert is the only English Saint to have founded a monastic order, the Gilbertines. [1] [2] [3] In 1921 the parish had a population of 112. [4] On 1 April 1931 the parish was abolished to form "Pointon and Sempringham". [5]
Parish Locality Parish Priest Founded Closed Ref. Holy Souls: Brownhill: Served from St Alban's ... St Gilbert: Brookhouse, Peel Green---- 1959 2006 [1] [68] St Mary:
1951 William White Anderson MC (Edinburgh: St Cuthbert's) 1952 George Johnstone Jeffrey (Glasgow: Sherbrooke St Gilbert's) 1953 James Pitt-Watson (Glasgow) 1954 Ernest David Jarvis (Glasgow: Wellington) 1955 G. D. Henderson FBA (University of Aberdeen) 1956 Robert F. V. Scott (St Columba's Church, London)
The cathedral was dedicated to its founder, St. Gilbert and was built in 1224, [3] in the reign of King Alexander II (1214–49) and the episcopate of Gilbert de Moravia (died 1245) (later Saint Gilbert of Dornoch) as the cathedral church of the diocese of Caithness (moved to Dornoch from Halkirk). William de Moravia (later Sutherland), 1st ...