GILBERTO di HOYLAND. – An English monk of the twelfth century, probably born in the region of Holland in the county of Lincoln (Mabillon mistakenly supposed him to be Irish by origin, as did the abbot Grandvaux).
He received the Cistercian habit from s. Bernardo himself, and in 1163 was elected abbot of Surnestead (Lincolnshire). He was a disciple and friend of s. Bernardo. He died at the monastery of Rivour or Laniow in the diocese of Troyes in France in 1172. He is renowned as the continuator of s. Bernardo’s great commentary on the Song of Songs. He wrote 48 sermons, extending to verse 9 of chapter 5. J. Mabillon esteemed him « vir sane Bernardo, dicendi gravitate et pietate, non multum inferior ». Several other writings have been attributed to G., but erroneously.