Back Gangolf (Heiliger) German Gangulfo de Varennes Spanish Gangolf d'Avallon French Gangulfus FY Gangolfo de Avallon GL גנגולפוס HE Gengolfo di Borgogna Italian Gangolf vun Avallon LB Gangulfus Dutch Gengulf Polish
Saint Gangulphus of Burgundy | |
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 Image of Saint Gangulphus (Gangolf), by the Meister von Meßkirch, ca. 1535 | |
| Died | 11 May 760 AD Avallon |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 11 May |
| Attributes | Pictured as a Burgundian knight with a fountain springing under his sword. He holds a shield with a cross. He may also hold the spear with which he was murdered |
| Patronage | Saint of husbands unhappily married; tanners, shoemakers, children, and horses; invoked against knee pains, sicknesses affecting the eyes and skin; invoked against marital difficulties and adultery[1] |
Gangulphus[2] of Burgundy (died 11 May 760 AD) is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. Gangulphus was a Burgundian courtier whose historical existence can only be attested by a single document: a deed from the court of Pepin the Short dated 762. It attests that he was a great landowner, whose family dominated the region and exercised a lot of power.[3]
Gangulphus decided to renounce his wealth and become a hermit. Even so, he was subsequently killed by his wife's lover, who wished to remove Gangulphus as a possible interference to the adulterous relationship.
- ^ Gangolf - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
- ^ Variants include Gengoul, Gangulf, Gangolf, Gangolfo, Gengou, Gangloff, Gengoux, Gigou, Genf, Gandoul, Gingolph, Gangulfus, Golf.
- ^ Alessandro Barbero