Gerard Majella
Gerard Majella (Italian: Gerardo Maiella; 6 April 1726 – 16 October 1755) was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Gerard Majella CSsR | |
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Portrait of Gerard Majella. | |
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| Born | 6 April 1726 Muro Lucano, Basilicata, Kingdom of Naples |
| Died | 16 October 1755 (aged 29) Materdomini, Campania, Kingdom of Naples |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (The Redemptorists and Campagnia, 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. |
His intercession is sought for children, unborn children, women in childbirth, mothers, expectant mothers, motherhood, the falsely accused, good confessions, lay brothers and Muro Lucano, Italy.
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