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St. Norbert was born to a noble family in Lorriane. He led the good life until a brush with death during a thunderstorm. St. Norbert was the founder of the Permonstratensians known as the Norbertines. He died in Magdeburg and was canonized by Pope Gregory XIII. St. Norbert's relics have been in an abbey in Strahov, Bohemia since 1627.