Blessed Gerricus Of Gerresheim
Also known as: Gerricus of Düsseldorf; Gerrich…; Gerrico…; Jericho…
Feast Day
5 September (Gerresheim, Germany); 23 September (translation of relics)
Born
Early 9th century Düsseldorf, Franconia (in modern Germany)
Died
873 in Gerresheim, Düsseldorf, Germany of natural causes; buried in the Gerresheim Abbey; by the 14th century he had been re-interred in the abbey church; sarcophagus and relics relocated to the Basilica of Saint Margaret in Gerresheim in the 17th century
Biography
Blessed Gerricus of Gerresheim, also known as Gerricus of Düsseldorf, Gerrich, Gerrico, and Jericho, was born in the early 9th century in Düsseldorf, Franconia, which is in modern-day Germany. He was born into the landed Frankish nobility and came to control the city of Gerresheim, which was eventually named after him.
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