Ralph Gubion was a native Englishman and abbot of St Albans Abbey from 1146 to 1151.

Gubion was a native of England, although his surname indicates that his family was likely from Normandy or Brittany. Gubion was a monk at St Albans as well as being a clerk in the household of Alexander, Bishop of Lincoln

Alexander of Lincoln

Alexander of Lincoln was a medieval English Bishop of Lincoln, a member of an important administrative and ecclesiastical family. He was the nephew of Roger of Salisbury, a Bishop of Salisbury and Chancellor of England under King Henry I, and he was also related to Nigel, Bishop of Ely...

. Through the intercession of Alexander, Gubion was allowed to be simultaneously a monk at St Albans as well as continuing as Alexander's personal chaplain. Gubino had also served as Alexander's treasurer. He occurs in a charter of the cathedral of Lincoln that is probably dated to the later half of 1147, but this cannot be taken as sure evidence that he was a canon

Canon (priest)

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 of the Lincoln cathedral chapter

Cathedral chapter

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. On 8 May 1146 he was elected abbot,and held office until 1150, when he became ill and handed a number of his duties to the prior. He died on 6 July 1151.

While abbot, he was alleged to have abused and tormented the prior

Prior

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 of St Albans, Alcuin; eventually Alcuin transferred to Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

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 to escape. Gubion appointed Robert de Gorron, who was the nephew of Gubion's predecessor – Geoffrey de Gorham

Geoffrey de Gorham

Geoffrey de Gorham , sometimes called Geoffrey of Dunstable or of Le Mans , was a Norman scholar who became Abbot of St Albans Abbey, 1119 to 1146.-Life:...

 – as abbot, as the new prior. Gubion also set the finances of the abbey on a firm footing, and obtained favourable privileges for the abbey from Pope Eugenius III.

Gubion was succeeded by the prior, Robert de Gorron. Gubion was noted as a great lover of books.