Saint Gerlach | |
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Born | c. 1100 Houthem, Netherlands |
Died | c. 1170 Houthem, Netherlands |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Feast | 5 January |
Attributes | garments of a hermit, praying near his hermitage in a tree, with a donkey near him, thorn in his foot |
Gerlach (Gerlache, Gerlac, Gerlachus van Houthem, Gerlac of Valkenberg) (d. c. 1170)[1] was a 12th-century Dutch hermit. His cult is centered at Houthem near Valkenburg in the south of the province of Limburg.