Biography of st gerard majella catholic church
Biography of st gerard majella catholic church
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Gerard Majella
Italian Roman Catholic saint
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Saint Gerard Majella CSsR | |
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Portrait of Gerard Majella. | |
| Born | (1726-04-06)6 April 1726 Muro Lucano, Basilicata, Kingdom of Naples |
| Died | 16 October 1755(1755-10-16) (aged 29) Materdomini, Campania, Kingdom of Naples |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (The Redemptorists and Campania, Italy) |
| Beatified | 29 January 1893 by Pope Leo XIII |
| Canonized | 11 December 1904 by Pope Pius X |
| Major shrine | Shrine of St.
Gerard Majella, Materdomini, Avellino, Italy |
| Feast | 16 October |
| Attributes | Young man in a Redemptorist habit, skull |
| Patronage | Children (and unborn children in particular); childbirth; mothers (and expectant mothers in particular); motherhood; falsely accused people; good confessions; lay brothers. |
Gerard Majella (Italian: Gerardo Maiella; 6 April 1726 – 16 October 1755) was an Italia