Gezelinus von Schlebusch
German hermit
Who they were
According to legend, Gezelinus of Schlebusch was a lay brother (conversus) of the Cistercian monastery at Altenberg. He became known in his lifetime for his humble life as a shepherd at Schlebuschrath, and after his death a regionally important veneration grew up around it and his legend.
Summary translated from the German Wikipedia article Gezelinus von Schlebusch (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Catholic parish of Leverkusen-Suedost - Der selige Gezelinus und seine Verehrung — The parish booklet of the Archdiocese of Cologne on "the blessed Gezelinus and his veneration"; the Gezelin chapel and spring at Schlebusch keep his memory (12th century).
- Wikidata Q1521194 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.