Saint Gerardo Maiella
Italian saint
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Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. Wikipedia
Born: April 6, 1726, Muro Lucano, Italy
Died: October 1755 (age 29 years), Materdomini, Italy
Place of burial: Sanctuary of St. Gerard Majella, Materdomini, Italy
Parents: Benedetta Galella Majella and Dominic Majella
Attributes: Young man in a Redemptorist habit, skull
Canonized: 11 December 1904 by Pope Pius X
Feast: 16 October