Gerard Majella
Gerard Majella | |
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Portrait of Gerard Majella. | |
| Religious | |
| Born | 6 April 1726 Muro Lucano, Basilicata, Kingdom of Naples |
| Died | 16 October 1755 (aged 29) Materdomini, Campania, Kingdom of Naples |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church (The Redemptorists and Campania, Italy) |
| Beatified | 29 January 1893 by Pope Leo XIII |
| Canonized | 11 December 1904 by Pope Pius X |
| Major shrine | Shrine of St. Gerard Majella, Materdomini, Avellino, Italy |
| Feast | 16 October |
| Attributes | Young man in a Redemptorist habit, skull |
| Patronage | Children (and unborn children in particular); childbirth; mothers (and expectant mothers in particular); motherhood; falsely accused people; good confessions; lay brothers. |
Gerard Majella (Italian: Gerardo Maiella; 6 April 1726 – 16 October 1755) was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
His intercession within the Catholic Church is for children, unborn children, women in childbirth, mothers, expectant mothers, motherhood, the falsely accused, good confessions, lay brothers and Muro Lucano, Italy.