Career
Born in England, he joined Molesme Abbey, a Benedictine monastery at Molesme in Burgundy. There he became acquainted with Saint Stephen Harding. He was later the confessor for the nuns of the Priory of Jully-les-Nonnains, under the then abbess Saint Humbeline, sister of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
He was known as an exceptional preacher and a miracle worker