Saint Gerasimus

Also known as

• Gerasimos

Memorial

• 5 March

Profile

Monk at Lycia, Asia Minor. He moved to Palestine where he founded a house on the River Jordan near Jericho that later grew to great importance and spread monasticism throughout the region.

Died

• c.475 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Cephalonia, Greece

Representation

• monk healing a lion

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts, by Abbie Farwell Brown
• Catholic Online
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gerasimus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 May 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-gerasimus/>