Blessed Gerard of Villamagna – Feast Day – May 13

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Blessed Gerard of Villamagna was a Franciscan tertiary born in 1174 in Villamagna, Florence, Italy and died on May 13 1242 at the age 68 in Florence, Italy. We celebrate his feast day on May 13 every year in the Catholic Church.

The Memorial of Bl. Gerard of Villamagna – Feast Day

Bl. Gerard of Villamagna Biography

Date of Birth 1174 AD
Place of Birth Villamagna, Florence, Italy
Profession Hermit
Place of Work Italy
Date of Death 1242 (aged 68)
Place of Death Villamagna, Florence, Italy
Feast Day May 13
Beatification Beatified by Pope Gregory XVI on 1833

Blessed’s Biography

Blessed Gerard of Villamagna was born in 1174 at Tuscany in Italy. He was raised by a family of Knights Hospitaller and selected as Knights to travel to the Holy Land.

Gerard was taken as a prisoner, but later released and then returned to Italy. Later he became acquainted with Saint Francis of Assisi, became a member of the Third Franciscan Order and lived the rest of his life as a hermit. He died in 1242 of natural causes.

Blessed Gerard of Villamagna
Blessed Gerard of Villamagna

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