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Gerard the Pilgrim
Catholic saint (?–639)
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Born
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unknown
Died
639
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Gallinaro, in the kingdom of Naples, the festival of St. Gerard, Confessor and Pilgrim.
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
Stanton's Menology of England and Wales (1887) remembers him on 28 April.
Sources
- A Menology of England and Wales (Richard Stanton, 1887), 28 April
- Wikidata Q4135954 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.