Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux
Italian Cistercian abbot and martyr
Feast: 16 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the monastery of Igny in the territory of Reims in France, the death of Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux, abbot, killed by a wicked monk while he was visiting this community.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 16 October as an abbot of Clairvaux killed by a monk while visiting the monastery of Igny.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Gerard of Clairvaux Blessed“Blessed Gerard of Clairvaux (Latin: Gerardus de Clara Valle, French: Gérard de Clairvaux) (c.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 16 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1512844 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gerard of Clairvaux (died 1177) (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.