ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 23rd of April WELCOME! SAINT GERARD, BISHOP OF TOUL, CONFESSOR Saint Gerard was descended of a noble family, and born at Cologne. His father’s name was Ingranne: his mother, who was called Emma, was struck dead with lightning. Gerard, then in his youth, was much afflicted at this accident, and from that time consecrated himself entirely to a life of penance and devotion. HE CONSECRATED HIMSELF ENTIRELY TO A LIFE OF PENANCE AND DEVOTION Some time after he took the clerical tonsure, and entered himself in a community of clergy, who performed the divine office in the church of St Peter, which was the cathedral, and followed the institute of the regular canons, probably either of St Chrodegang or of Aix-la-Chapelle. HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE BISHOPRIC OF TOUL The reputation of Gerard’s fervent piety reached the imperial court, and whilst he was cellarer in this community he was promoted to the bishopric of Toul, vacant by the ...