Saint Gereon
![[painting of Saint Gereon]](saintg3w.jpg "18kg jpg detail from the painting 'Saints Anne, Christopher, Gereon and Peter', unknown artist, c.1480, oak panel, 133.3 * 146.7 cm, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Memorial
- 10 October
- Profile
- Roman Soldier.
Martyred with 290 others on order of emperor Maximian for refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods to obtain victory in battle.
- Died
- beheaded c.304;
relics translated to Cologne, Germany
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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Cologne, Germany,
headaches,
migraine
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