Saint Gerard

Saint Gerard

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  • Date of Birth and Death
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  • Description / Title of the Saint : Abbot

Saint Gerard

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  • Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Gerard: October 3
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Abbot
  • Date of Death: Saint Gerard died 959
 
 

The Story and History of Saint Gerard
The story and history of Saint Gerard. Saint Gerard was of a noble family of the county of Namur, France. An engaging sweetness of temper, and a strong inclination to piety and devotion, gained him from the cradle the esteem and affection of every one. Having been sent on an important mission to the Court of France, he was greatly edified at the fervor of the monks of St. Denis, at Paris, and earnestly desired to consecrate himself to God with them. Returning home he settled his temporal affairs, and went back with great joy to St. Denis'. He had lived ten years with great fervor in this monastery, when in 931 he was sent by his abbot to found an abbey upon his estate at Brogue, three leagues from Namur. He settled this new abbey, and then built himself a little cell near the church, and lived in it a recluse until God called him to undertake the reformation of many monasteries, which he did successfully. When he had spent almost twenty years in these zealous labors, he shut himself up in his cell, to prepare his soul to receive the recompense of his labors, to which he was called on the 3d of October in 959.

Prayer to Saint Gerard

Feast Day of Saint Gerard
The Feast Day of Saint Gerard is October 3. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.

 

Saint Gerard

  • Short, concise biography of Saint Gerard
  • History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
  • Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Gerard
  • Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Gerard - October 3
  • History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
  • Date of Death: 959
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Gerard
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint : Abbot
 
 

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Saint Gerard