Saint Gall
- Also known as
- Gal
- Memorial
- 1 July
- Profile
- Gallic nobility, and a relative of Saint Vettius Apagatus.
Uncle and teacher of Saint Gregory of Tours.
He refused an arranged marriage to the daughter of an imperial senator, and withdrew to the monastery at Cournon near Auvergne.
Monk.
Deacon under Saint Quinctian.
Represented Quinctian at the court of King Theirry.
Bishop of Clermont in 527.
Known as a miracle worker, and as a man so meek and humble that those who sought to attack him were often converted by his gentleness.
- Born
- c.489 at Clermont, Auvergne (in modern France)
- Died
- c.554 of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- References
- Pictorial Lives of the Saints
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