Saint Lambert of Chézery

Endowed both with a penetrating mind, they made great progress; but being even more zealous to perfect themselves in piety than in science, they encouraged one another in virtue. The religious of Bonnevaux, a monas tery thre Bonnevaux Monastery where Lambert and Peter began their religious life. e leagues from Saint-Maurice, frequented their parents' house; Jean, abbot of this commu nity, inspired in these young Jean, abbé de cette communauté Abbot of Bonnevaux who inspired the vocation of the two brothers. men a taste for the cenobitic life and drew them to Bonnevaux.

However, Amadeus III had just founded the Abbey of Tamié in Savoy, and Peter, who shone for his knowledge and eminent piety, was requested to be the first abbot of this new monastery. Lambert, who had ac Lambert Saint, founder and first abbot of Chézery. companied him there, was his brother's emulator in the difficult path of holiness. One never saw a religious more exact, a more scrupulous observer of the rule; he set no limits to his prayers nor to his austerities, and the most fervent regarded him as their model. Amadeus III, knowing the merit of this man of God, thought that no one better than he could execute the project he had formed to build a religious house in the valley of Chézery (Ain), and above all tha t no one was more fit t vallée de Chézery (Ain) Monastery founded by Amadeus III and governed by Lambert. han he to govern it well.