The Manly Saints Project

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Saint William of Gellone

Saint William of Gellone

Knight. Hero of song. Saint.

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Saint William of Gellone
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Join me today as we meet a knight and warrior of the Holy Roman Empire, a man whose heroic deeds and saintly life became the stuff of legend.

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William the warrior in devotion. The skull, as usual, is the reminder of his - and our - mortality. William’s future is inset to his right. Antonio de Perada, 1671.

Name: William of Gellone, William of Orange

Life: …

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