Saint Gerald of Braga

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• 5 December

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Benedictine monk at Moissac, France. Worked with the archbishop in Toledo, Spain, and served as cathedral choir director. Reforming bishop of Braga, Portugal in 1100. Stopped ecclesiastical investiture by laymen in his diocese.

Born

• at Cahors, Gascony (in modern France)

Died

• 5 December 1109 at Bornos, Portugal of natural causes

Patronage

• Braga, Portugal

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heilien 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gerald of Braga”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 December 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-gerald-of-braga/>