Round Filigree Saint Gerard "EXCLUSIVE"

• Saint Gerard Majella is a Catholic saint. He is a saint whose intercession is requested for children (and unborn

• children in particular); childbirth; mothers (and expectant mothers in particular); motherhood; falsely accused people;
• good confessions; lay brothers; and Muro Lucano, Italy. Gerard was born as Gerardo Maiella on April 6, 1726" Muro
• Lucano, Italy. He was the son of a tailor who died when Gerard was 12, leaving the family in poverty. Gerard tried to
• join the Capuchin order, but his health prevented it. He was accepted as a Redemptorist lay brother serving his
• congregation as sacristan, gardener, ostiarius, infirmarian, and tailor. When falsely accused by a pregnant woman of
• being the father of her child, he retreated to silence; she later recanted and cleared him, and thus began his
• association as patron of all aspects of pregnancy. He was reputed to bilocate and read consciences. His last will
• consisted of the following small note on the door of his cell: "Here the will of God is done, as God wills, and as long
• as God wills." Gerard died on October 16, 1755 at Caposele, Italy of tuberculosis. He was aged 29. St. Gerard Majella
• Annual Novena takes place every year in St. Josephs Church, Dundalk, Ireland. This annual nine day novena is the
• biggest festival of faith in Ireland.

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