Saint Gerasimus of Palestine

Also known as

• Gerasimus of Lycia
• Gerasimus of the Jordan
• Gerasimos of….

Memorial

• 5 March

Profile

Monk at Lycia, Asia Minor. Hermit. He moved to Palestine where c.451 he founded a house near the Dead Sea, and then c.475 another one on the River Jordan near Jericho that later grew to great importance and spread monasticism throughout the region.

Born

• Lycia

Died

• c.475 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Cephalonia, Greece

Representation

• monk healing a lion (early writers may have confused Gerasimus and Saint Hieronymus)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts, by Abbie Farwell Brown
• Catholic Online
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gerasimus of Palestine“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 March 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>