Saint Gildard
bishop of Rouen
Feast: 8 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Gildard or Gildardus, or Gildaredus also known as Godard or Godardus (c. 448 – c. 525), was the Bishop of Rouen from 488 to 525. He is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, and the missal of the Sarum Rite refers to him as a confessor. He is closely connected to Medard, who was traditionally considered to be his brother.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Medardus Saint Relative
- Wikidata Q596979 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Gildard (CC BY-SA)
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