Blessed Gerard Cagnoli
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- Memorial
- 3 January
- Profile
- Italian nobility.
Cared for his mother until her death, then became a hermit for several years on Mount Etna, Sicily.
Franciscan lay brother.
Cook for Franciscan house.
Known for his childlike simplicity, and the many graces that derived from it.
- Born
- 1270 at Valenzo, Italy
- Died
- 1345 of natural causes
- Beatified
- 1908 (cultus confirmed)
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