Saint Gerlach

Saint

Gerlach
Bornc. 1100
Houthem, Netherlands
Diedc. 1170
Houthem, Netherlands
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Feast5 January
Attributesgarments 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.


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