ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN APRIL Saints celebrated on the 5th of April WELCOME! SAINT GERALD OF SAUVE-MAJEURE, ABBOT Saint Gerald of Sauve-Majeure Saint Gerald ( Geraldus ) is variously mentioned as Gerardus, Gerhardus, Giraldus, Giraudus [French: Gérard de Corbie ]. The first abbot of the Sauve Majeure (Silva, also Salvia major) monastery near Bordeaux, Gerald was born in Corbie around the year 1030. He received his early education at the famous abbey of that city. Here, that extraordinary strength of soul was formed in him, that strength that completely renounces earthly goods and pleasures for the sake of God and always longs for greater and more intimate union with the divine will. In his youth the saint suffered from a very severe headache, which bothered him particularly because it hindered him not only in his studies, but also in his prayers and mortification. The doctors he consulted about it knew and found no help. So he decided to seek relief from this e...