Gangulphus

Saint

Gangulphus of Burgundy
Image of Saint Gangulphus (Gangolf), by the Meister von Meßkirch, ca. 1535
Died11 May 760 AD
Avallon
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast11 May
AttributesPictured as a Burgundian knight with a fountain springing under his sword. He holds a shield with a cross. He may also hold the spear with which he was murdered
PatronageSaint of husbands unhappily married; tanners, shoemakers, children, and horses; invoked against knee pains, sicknesses affecting the eyes and skin; invoked against marital difficulties and adultery[1]

Gangulphus[2] of Burgundy (died 11 May 760 AD) is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. Gangulphus was a Burgundian courtier whose historical existence can only be attested by a single document: a deed from the court of Pepin the Short dated 762. It attests that he was a great landowner, whose family dominated the region and exercised a lot of power.[3]

Gangulphus decided to renounce his wealth and become a hermit. Even so, he was subsequently killed by his wife's lover, who wished to remove Gangulphus as a possible interference to the adulterous relationship.

  1. ^ Gangolf - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
  2. ^ Variants include Gengoul, Gangulf, Gangolf, Gangolfo, Gengou, Gangloff, Gengoux, Gigou, Genf, Gandoul, Gingolph, Gangulfus, Golf.
  3. ^ Alessandro Barbero