Gerard Majella
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"Saint Gerard Majella" redirects here. For other uses, see Saint Gerard Majella (disambiguation).
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.
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Gerard Majella | |
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Religious | |
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 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. |
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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.[1]