The Manly Saints Project

The Manly Saints Project

Blessed Gerland

Warrior knight and friend of little children

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Hugh Hunter
Jun 18, 2022
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Detail of Saint Gerland on the ceiling of Saint John’s Co-Cathedral, Malta. Mattia Preti, 17th century

Name: Gerland

Status: Blessed

Feast: June 19

Life: 13th century AD

One morning in June of the year 1327, James, a commander of a unit of the Knights Hospitaller, awoke…

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