Gerard Majella [SEP] canonization status
Gerard Majella
Gerard Majella, C.Ss.R. (; April 6, 1726 – October 16, 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.
Life.
Majella was born in Muro Lucano, Basilicata
of 7 with his mother who was making a pilgrimage there and was moved by the statue of the Virgin Mary. Later, as a Redemptorist brother, Majella was assigned to the monastery in 1754, and died there on October 16, 1755. During the winter famine of 1755, Majella became known for rescuing the poor who appealed to him at the gates of the monastery.
Following the beatification and canonization of Gerard Majella in 1893 and 1904, respectively, the number of pilgrims visiting his grave at the sanctuary increased dramatically