Gualbert, Giovanni

Gualbert, Giovanni

(St. Johannes), founder of the Coenobite order of Vallombrosa (vallis umbrosa), in the Apennines, seven leagues from Florence. He died July 12, 1073, and was canonized by pope Celes-tine III in 1193. His life is in the Acta Sanctorum. — Mosheim, Ch. Hist. cent. 11, pt. ii, ch. ii, § 24; Jamieson, Legends of the Monastic Orders, p. 116 sq.; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 26:441; Herzog, Real-Encyklop. v, 406