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• 19 June (translation of relics)

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A knight of the Order of Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem (Knights of Malta), Gerlando lived in the small church of Madonna del Tempio near Caltagirone, Italy where he dedicated himself to protecting the church and town, to the care of widows and orphans, and to personal penance.

Born

• 13th century Poland

Died

• 1279 of natural causes
• buried in the church of the Madonna del Tempio near Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy
• relics transferred to the Basilica of San Giacomo Maggiore in Caltagirone on 19 June 1327, and his skull enshrined in a silver reliquary for public veneration

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Gerlando d’Alemagna“. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 January 2020. Web. 18 April 2024. <>