Saint Gerald of Sauve-Majeure

Memorial

• 5 April

Profile

Educated at the monastery of Corbie, France. Benedictine monk at Corbie. Cellarer. Travelled with his abbot to Monte Cassino and Rome. Ordained by Pope Saint Leo IX. Suffered from severe headaches; when he returned to the monastery at Corbie, he was cured of them by Saint Adalard. Made a pilgrimage to Palestine. Abbot of Saint Vicent’s abbey, Laon, France. Abbot of Saint Medard abbey at Soissons, France; he was expelled from Saint Medard’s by a usurper for the position of abbot. Founded the abbey of Sauve-Majeure which spread a devotion to the Benedictine Rule.

Born

• at Corbie, France

Died

• 1095 of natural causes

Canonized

• 1197 by Pope Celestine III

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gerald of Sauve-Majeure“. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 April 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>