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Gerald of Mâcon
Frank monk, bishop and saint
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 29 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Mâcon in Burgundy, in France, Saint Gerald, who, first a monk and then elected bishop, finally led the life of a hermit in the forest.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 29 May as a monk and bishop of Mâcon who ended his life as a hermit in the forest.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3124416 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.