Blessed Gautier Of Bruges
Also known as: Guatier Van den Zande; Gautier of Poitiers; Gualterus Brugensis; Gualterus de Brugge; Galtier…; Gauthier…; Gualterus…; Gualtiero…; Walter…
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
January 21
Died
January 21, 1307
Beatified
popular veneration began immediately at his death
Biography
Blessed Gautier of Bruges, also known as Guatier Van den Zande, Gautier of Poitiers, Gualterus Brugensis, Gualterus de Brugge, Galtier, Gauthier, Gualterus, Gualtiero, and Walter, was born in 1225 in Zande, Ostend, Belgium. He entered the Franciscan Order at the convent of Bruges around 1240.