October 3
Gerardo, abbot (+959)
Benedictine abbot
Practical advice
Without seeking recognition, spend a few minutes asking for holy and generous vocations, remembering that holiness is built in the ordinary.
Biography
Although Gerard followed a career in arms from a very young age, when his father, the noble Lord of Brogne, died, he became a Benedictine and founded, on the family estate, an abbey that he fervently maintained until his death. He also worked on the renovation of six more abbeys that belonged to his jurisdiction.
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