Saint Gerald of Beziers
Also known as
• Gerald of Puissalicon
• Guiraud, Geraud, Geraldo
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Augustinian canon regular. Deacon in 1094; ordained to the priesthood in 1101. Abbot of Cassan Abbey near Roujan, France in 1105. Bishop of Beziers, France in 1121. Spent all his diocese's revenues to care for the poor.
Born
c.1070 at Puissalicon, France
Died
• 5 November 1123 in Beziers, France of natural causes
• buried near Saint Aphrodise, first bishop of Beziers
• relics transferred to a nearby, but now defunct, Poor Clare convent in Beziers on 11 November 1259
• relics enshrined at the church of Saint Aphrodise in 1355
• relics destroyed in 1793 during the anti-Christianity excesses of the French Revolution
• a silver and amethyst ring that belonged to Gerald has survived, but was stolen in 1980
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