Saint Gerold of Evreux

Also known as

• Gerold of Fontenelle

Memorial

• 14 June

Profile

Courtier to Blessed Charlemagne. Left court life to become a monk at the abbey of Fontenelle in Normandy, France. Bishop of Evreux, France in 787. Late in life he resigned his see and returned to life as a monk at Fontenelle.

Died

• 806 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gerold of Evreux“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 May 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>