Humbeline of Jully explained

Honorific Prefix:Blessed
Humbeline
Titles:Prioress
Birth Date:c. 1091
Birth Place:near Dijon, France
Death Date:c. 1136
Death Place:Jully, Yonne, France
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church
Beatified Date:1703
Beatified By:Pope Clement XI
Feast Day:August 21 (formerly February 12)
Patronage:Cistercian nuns
Tradition:Benedictine

Humbeline of Jully (c. 1091 c. 1136) was a Benedictine nun in 11th-12th century France, who was beatified in the Roman Catholic Church in 1703 by Pope Clement XI.

After obtaining permission from her then-husband, Humbeline entered the community of nuns at Jully in 1133, when a charter records the tithes she contributed.[1] She later became prioress at Jully.

Humbeline was born to Tescelin de Fontaine, lord of Fontaine-lès-Dijon, and Alèthe de Montbard, both nobles of Burgundy.[2] [3] She was the younger sister of Bernard of Clairvaux, and her entry into the Benedictine priory at Jully, apparently at the urging of her brother, figures in accounts of Bernard of Clairvaux's life.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Berman . Constance H. . Were There Twelfth-Century Cistercian Nuns? . Church History . December 1999 . 68 . 4 . 826. 10.2307/3170206. 3170206. 159500928 .
  2. Encyclopedia: Sommerfeldt . J. R. . New Catholic Encyclopedia. Humbeline, Bl. . 2nd . 2003 . Gale . 7 . 9780787640040. 198.
  3. Encyclopedia: Zerbi . P. . New Catholic Encyclopedia. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. . 2nd . 2003 . Gale . 2 . 9780787640040. 307.
  4. Book: France . James . The Cistercians in Medieval Art . 1998 . Cistercian Publications . 9780879078706 . 139.