Gondelbert, also in ancient times named in various manner, is a founder of a Merowingian ban

Merovingian dynasty

The Merovingians were a Salian Frankish dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century. Their politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family...

 around 640 or 650 in the Vosgian Mountains, near Saales, at the locus Grangia Fossa, today La Grande Fosse. He died certainly after 679.

This papae senonis was believed in the eleventh century a supposed bishop of Sens in France by the benedictan monks of Senones Abbey

Senones Abbey

Senones Abbey was a Benedictine abbey located in the valley of the Rabodeau, in the present village of Senones in Lorraine, France.-History:...

 in Vosges

Vosges

Vosges is a French department, named after the local mountain range. It contains the hometown of Joan of Arc, Domrémy.-History:The Vosges department is one of the original 83 departments of France, created on February 9, 1790 during the French Revolution. It was made of territories that had been...

, that preserved his name as founder of the first monasterium in Senonis.

He has been a Christian political actor as the traditional inhabitants kept his memory. He has given orders to religious monks. But his religious statut doesn't convince at all except at the end of his life. Many facts of his life prove he was very courageous; he may have studied originally in Luxeuil.

He since adopted by prestigious benedictans is now a Catholic and Orthodox saint.