Saint Gerard Majella

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Saint Gerard Majella was an 18th-century Italian Redemptorist lay brother venerated in the Catholic Church as the patron saint of expectant mothers and children.

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Label Occurrences
Saint Gerard Majella canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint
Redemptorist lay brother
human
alternativeName Gerard Majella
San Gerardo Maiella
associatedWith Materdomini
Muro Lucano
beatificationDate 1893-01-29
beatifiedBy Pope Leo XIII
birthCountry Italy
birthDate 1726-04-06
birthPlace Muro Lucano
canonizationDate 1904-12-11
canonizedBy Pope Pius X
causeOfDeath tuberculosis
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Naples
deathCountry Italy
deathDate 1755-10-16
deathPlace Caposele
familyName Maiella
feastDay October 16
fullName Gerardo Maiella
gender male
givenName Gerardo
hasDevotionType popular devotion among expectant mothers
hasMajorShrine Basilica of San Gerardo Maiella, Materdomini
hasPlaceOfPilgrimage Shrine of Saint Gerard Majella in Materdomini
languageOfName Italian
lifeEvent entered the Redemptorist congregation as a lay brother in 1749
memberOf Redemptorists
notableFor devotion to the poor
life of humility and obedience
miracles associated with pregnancy and childbirth
occupation lay brother
patronage children
expectant mothers
falsely accused people
good confessions
mothers
pro-life movement
unborn children
regionOfVeneration Brazil
Italy
United States
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
title Confessor
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Redemptorists hasMember Saint Gerard Majella
Potenza patronSaint Saint Gerard Majella
Muro Lucano hasPatronSaint Saint Gerard Majella