Feast May 11
Gangulphus
Martyr, patron of Saint of husbands unhappily married · Feast May 11
Biography
Gangulphus of Burgundy is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. Gangulphus was a Burgundian courtier whose historical existence can be attested by only a single document: a deed from the court of Pepin the Short, dated 762, attests that he was a great landowner, whose family dominated the region and exercised a lot of power.
Feast day
May 11
Patronage
Saint of husbands unhappily married
tanners
shoemakers
children
horses
invoked against knee pains
sicknesses affecting the eyes
skin
invoked against marital difficulties
adultery
Death date
11 May 760 AD
Canonization status
Canonized
Feast month
5
Feast day of month
11
