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Gerald of Aurillac
French Roman Catholic saint
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Feast: 13 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
855
Died
909
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Saint-Cirgues in the Auvergne region of France, Saint Gerald, who, count of Aurillac, with great benefit to his estates secretly led a monastic life under secular dress, becoming a model for the powerful.
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 13 October as the count of Aurillac who secretly lived as a monk in lay dress, a model for the powerful.
Connected on this site
- Robert de Turlande Saint“He was of noble stock and was also related to Saint Gerald of Aurillac.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1559367 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gerald of Aurillac (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.