Saint Gerebernus

Also known as

• Genebern
• Genebrard
• Gerebern
• Gereborn
• Gerebran
• Gerebrand

Memorial

• 15 May

Profile

Aged 7th century Irish priest who baptized Saint Dympna in her infancy, accompanied her when she fled to Belgium, and died at her side.

Born

• Ireland

Died

• beheaded in Gheel, Belgium
• head preserved as a relic at Gheel, Belgium
• relics enshrined at Sonsbeck, Germany where they have been the target of His “holy robbers”, thieves who specialized in stealing relics

Patronage

• against fever
• against gout
• Sonsbeck, Germany

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gerebernus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 May 2012. Web. 19 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-gerebernus/>