Gerard de Baere

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Gerard de Baere, a native of Laarne, was the 43rd abbot of Ten Duinen Abbey in Bruges from 1653 to 1666.

Life

De Baere was professed as a monk in 1631. He was ordained subdeacon on 10 April 1632, deacon on 21 May 1633, and priest on 24 September 1633.[1] A plan to have him nominated Bishop of Bruges failed to pan out.[2]

On 11 May 1666 he granted permission for a chapel with portable altar to be built on the former site of Oosteeklo Abbey.[3]

He died in Bruges on 26 October 1666.[4]

References

  1. 1.Ursmer Berlière, Monasticon belge, vols. 2-3 (1966), pp. 424-426.
  2. 2.Michiel Nuyttens, "Ter Duinen, Ter Doest en Clairmarais: Bloei en verval van Vlaamse cisterciënzerabdijen (einde 11de - einde 18de eeuw)", De Franse Nederlanden / Les Pays-Bas Français (2000), p. 318.
  3. 3."Abdij van Oosteeklo. Gent". search.arch.be.
  4. 4.Chronique et cartulaire de l'abbaye de Hemelsdaele (Bruges, 1858), p. 42.