Blessed Gabriel Mary

Also known as

• Gilbert Nicolas

Memorial

• 27 August

Profile

Refused admission by several houses of the Franciscan Observants before being received at Notre Dame de la Fon, Rochelle, France. Priest. Confessor to Saint Jane of Valois. Worked with Saint Jane to found the order of the Annonciades in 1532.

Born

• 1463 at Clermont, France as Gilbert Nicolas

Died

• 1532

Name Meaning

God is my strength; God is mighty; strong man of God; the strength of God

Beatified

• 1647 by Pope Innocent X (cultus confirmed)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Gabriel Mary”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 December 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-gabriel-mary/>