At Chartres in France, the passing of Saint Gilduin, deacon of Dol in Brittany, who, while still a young man elected bishop, refused so great an honour as unworthy in the presence of Pope Saint Gregory VII; then, returning from Rome, he was seized by fever within the borders of that region and completed his earthly pilgrimage.
January 27th
Blessed Gilduin
Latin Original
Apud Carnütum in Gállia, tránsitus sancti Gilduíni, diáconi DoJénsis in Británnia Minóre, qui, adhuc aduléscens epíscopus eléctus, tantum honórem coram sancto Gregório papa Séptimo ütpote indignus réspuit et, Roma dein revértens, in finibus huius regiónis fébribus corréptus terrénam perfécit peregrinatiónem. 9*, Taruánnz item in Gállia, beáti Ioánnis, epíscopi, qui, canónicus reguláris, sedem Morinénsem suscépit, in qua trigínta ámplius annos simoníacis Óbstitit et octo monastéria tam canonicórum quam monachórum fundávit.