Gerard Majella

Saint Gerard Majella CSsR
Portrait of Gerard Majella.
Religious
Born	(1726-04-06)6 April 1726 Muro Lucano, Basilicata, Kingdom of Naples
Died	16 October 1755(1755-10-16) (aged 29) Materdomini, Campania, Kingdom of Naples
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church (The Redemptorists and Campagnia, Italy)
Beatified	29 January 1893 by Pope Leo XIII
Canonized	11 December 1904 by Pope Pius X
Major shrine	Shrine of St. Gerard Majella, Materdomini, Avellino, Italy
Feast	16 October
Attributes	Young man in a Redemptorist habit, skull
Patronage	Children (and unborn children in particular); childbirth; mothers (and expectant mothers in particular); motherhood; falsely accused people; good confessions; lay brothers.

Gerard Majella (Italian: Gerardo Maiella; 6 April 1726 – 16 October 1755) was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.

His intercession is sought for children, unborn children, women in childbirth, mothers, expectant mothers, motherhood, the falsely accused, good confessions, lay brothers and Muro Lucano, Italy.^[1]