Gerard of Villamagna

Blessed
Gerard of Villamagna
T.O.S.F.
Layman
Born 1174
Villamagna, Republic of Florence
Died 13 May 1242 (aged 68)
Villamagna, Republic of Florence
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Beatified 18 March 1833, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Gregory XVI
Feast 13 May
Attributes
  • Franciscan habit
  • Staff
  • Rosary
  • Cherries
Patronage
  • Against bodily ills
  • Against illness
  • Ill people

Blessed Gerard of Villamagna (1174 - 13 May 1242) - known also as Gerard of Monza - was an Italian Roman Catholic professed member from the Third Order of Saint Francis.[1]

Pope Gregory XVI beatified him on 18 March 1833.[2]

Life

He was born in 1174 in the Republic of Florence to poor parents who died in his childhood.[2]

He was taken in by another family who raised him while a son of that family became part of the Knights of Jerusalem and chose him as his esquire to go with him on a trip to the Holy Land, though the two were taken as prisoners whilst on that crusade.[1][2] That knight died during the trip and he was soon ransomed off. Gerard visited Palestine before he returned to his homeland where he voyaged with another knight to Syria on a ship with 20 others when pirates attacked yet eluded them due to Gerard's prayers.[1] He later became a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis and lived the rest of his life as a hermit while it was alleged that Saint Francis of Assisi himself vested him in the habit.

He died in 1242.[1]

Beatification

His beatification was approved under Pope Gregory XVI on 18 March 1833.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Blessed Gerard of Villamagna". Saints SQPN. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Blessed Gerard of Villamagna". Roman Catholic Saints. Retrieved 10 October 2016.

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