Gerald of Aurillac

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Gerald of Aurillac was a 9th–10th century Frankish nobleman renowned for his piety and ascetic life as a lay saint in medieval Gaul.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gerald of Aurillac canonical 2
Géraud d’Aurillac 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
Frankish nobleman ⓘ
lay saint ⓘ
medieval French noble ⓘ
activeIn medieval Gaul ⓘ
associatedWithPlace Aurillac Abbey ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 10th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
commemoratedIn hagiographies ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship West Francia ⓘ
cultDevelopedIn France ⓘ
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Franks ⓘ
floruit 10th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
hasAttribute chastity ⓘ
generosity ⓘ
humility ⓘ
historicalRegion Gaul ⓘ
knownAs Géraud d’Aurillac ⓘ
linked to: Gerald of Aurillac

Saint Gerald of Aurillac ⓘ
knownFor charity to the poor ⓘ
observance of monastic-style discipline while remaining a layman ⓘ
languageOfName Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
lifestyle asceticism ⓘ
livedIn Aurillac ⓘ
mannerOfLife celibate layman ⓘ
nobleFamily Frankish nobility ⓘ
notableFor ascetic lifestyle ⓘ
being a lay saint ⓘ
piety ⓘ
occupation nobleman ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of the Franks ⓘ
placeOfBirth Aurillac ⓘ
placeOfDeath Aurillac ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Aurillac ⓘ
region Auvergne ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
roleInSociety model of lay sanctity ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
socialClass aristocracy ⓘ
typeOfSainthood confessor ⓘ
veneratedAs lay saint ⓘ
veneratedIn Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Odo of Cluny → associatedWith → Gerald of Aurillac ⓘ
Vita Geraldi Auriliacensis → mainSubject → Gerald of Aurillac ⓘ
Gerald of Aurillac → knownAs → Géraud d’Aurillac ⓘ
linked to: Gerald of Aurillac