Blessed Gerard
Founder of Sovereign Military Order of Malta
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Blessed Gerard Sasso, known also as Gérard de Martigues, was a lay brother in the Benedictine Order who was appointed as rector of the hospice in Jerusalem at Muristan in 1080. Wikipedia
Born: 1040
Died: September 3, 1120 (age 80 years), Jerusalem
Organizations founded: Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Knights Hospitaller, and Order of Saint Lazarus
Feast: October 13