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Gerard of Potenza
Roman Catholic saint and bishop of Potenza
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 30 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
1119
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Potenza, Saint Gerard, bishop.
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 30 October as a bishop of Potenza.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3760950 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gerard of Potenza (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.