Saint Gerland the Bishop

Also known as

• Gerland of Agrigento
• Gerlando….
• Giullannu….

Memorial

• 25 February

Profile

Bishop of Girgenti (Agrigento), Sicily. Worked for the restoration of Christianity throughout Sicily after the Saracens were driven out by his relative, Robert Guiscard of Normandy.

Born

• at Besancon, France

Died

• 1104 on Sicily of natural causes

Patronage

• Girgenti, Sicily

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gerland the Bishop“. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 February 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>