Gerald of Salles
French reformer
Feast: 20 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the monastery of Châteliers in the territory of Poitiers in France, Blessed Gerald of Salles, who, a poor canon and then an even poorer hermit devoted to an austere life of penance, set many on fire with the love of God, drawing them to the hermit life, and also founded numerous houses of canons regular.
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 20 April as a canon and hermit who drew many to the hermit life and founded houses of canons regular.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 20 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3124467 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gerald of Salles (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.