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Saint Gerland of Agrigento (Italian: San Gerlando di Agrigento), also known as Gerland of Besançon (d. 25 February 1100) was a bishop of Agrigento in Sicily.

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Believed to have been a native of Besançon,^[1] he was a relative of the Norman Roger I of Sicily. After the expulsion of the Saracens from Sicily, in 1088 (or 1093) Roger summoned Gerland as the first post-Saracen bishop of Agrigento, to re-establish the church throughout the island.

He was canonised in 1159. His relics are in a silver urn in Agrigento Cathedral, which has been dedicated to him since its rebuilding by bishop Bertaldo di Labro in 1305.

His feast day is 25 February.

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^ Loud, G. A.. The Latin Church in Norman Italy United States, Cambridge University Press, 2007. p. 124 ISBN 9781107320000

Sources and external links edit

Santi e Beati: San Gerlando (in Italian)
The cult of Saint Gerland at Porto Empedocle (in Italian)
lavalledeitempli.it: Agrigento Cathedral (in Italian)

[1] Loud, G. A.. The Latin Church in Norman Italy United States, Cambridge University Press, 2007. p. 124 ISBN 9781107320000

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