St. Gerard of Toul Biography
St. Gerard of Toul Profile. Born: 935 in Germany, Europe. Worked in Germany, France. Died: April 23 994 in France. Feast Day is celebrated on April 23.
St. Gerard of Toul Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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Date of Birth | 935 |
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Country of Birth | Germany in Europe |
Matrimony/Holy Orders | Saints who were Priests |
Profession | Priest |
Place of Work | Germany, France |
Date of Death | April 23 994 |
Place of Death | France |
Feast Day | April 2 |
Beatification | |
Canonization | Canonized by Pope Leo IX in 1050 |
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Saint’s Biography
Saint Gerard of Toul was born in 935 in Cologne in Germany.Gerhard came from a very wealthy noble family led by his father Ingranne. Gerhard received a good education at the Cathedral School at St Peter’s Cathedral in his hometown.
Ordained a priest but after his mother’s death killed by a lightning strike, he devoted his life of prayer and penance and was sure her death was a punishment for his sins.3 423 of natural causes and buried in the Church of Saint Nazarius and Celsus in Milan, Italy.
Gerhard became a canon at the cathedral and lived a half-monastic life with the cannons of St Peter, and he was the Communist basement. But his reputation for piety soon reached the ears of Holy Archbishop Bruno I the Great of Cologne (925-65) and appointed him as bishop of Toul, France on March 3 963. He was the 33rd Bishop of Toul in Lorraine (963-94), just 28 years old.
Goals
One of Gerhard’s goals was to make Toul a center of learning, and in 974 all the monastery of the diocese was recommended in his custody of Emperor Otto II (973-83)
Gerhard’s Achievements
Gerhard founded the great hospital in Toul. He also founded monasteries with monastic schools in the diocese, and he invited scholars from all over Europe to study and teach in Toul, especially Greeks and Irish.
The Greek monks established schools in their language, and these were useful and remarkable. The Irish monks also taught science, through the great encouragement given by the bishops Gosselin and Gerhard. Toul became one of the most flourishing provinces of the Church for learning and piety.
Under Gerhard’s rule, the poor were immune to their master’s harassment, and they saw him as a powerful protector in him. His righteous and firm conduct against everyone promptly hated him by the nobility of the country, who had become accustomed to never being stopped by anyone in their tyrannical demands.
Two gentlemen among the rich and powerful spread slander and trying to stir up people by insinuating that the bishop, under the pretext of charity, had no purpose other than depriving them of their possessions. Since Gerhard was silent, they tried to explain to the people that his silence was proof of what they claimed.
Gerhard took action and caused irreparable accidents and scandals. So, Gerhard, excommunicated, in front of the people and the clergy, Oldéric and Richard. He escapes many attempts on his life.
legacy
Gerhard also rebuilt many churches, especially the Saint-Étienne cathedral in Toul in 981, but the present structure was erected only in 1447. He extended the ancient monastery of Saint-Evre, which had been founded by the Holy Bishop Aprus of Toul (500-07).
Death
He died on April 23 994 in Toul, France
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