St. William of Gellone

Facebook Delicous MySpace

Twitter Stumble Digg

More Destinations

All
Wikipedia
Comments

Feastday: May 28
755 - 812

Knight and Benedictine monk, the son of Count Thierry of Toulouse. William was a member of the famed court of Charlemagne (r. 768-814). He was named duke of Aquitaine and chosen to lead a campaign against the Saracens in southern France. He defeated the Islamic Saracens in this campaign. Throughout his military career, he displayed exemplary chivalry and was honored as the ideal knight. However, he gave up the sword and became dedicated to the promotion of the faith. William founded a monastery at Gellone, near Aniane, and with Charlemagne's permission, entered the cornmunity as a monk. The abbey was later renamed SaintGuilhem-du-Desert in his honor. William was also the subject of several medieval romances, including La Prised Orange and Aliseans. He was canonized in 1066.

from Wikipedia

Previous Saint
< Bl. William Greenwood

Next Saint
Bl. William Freeman >

Saint of the Day

Learn about the lives of the saints and other saint resources, including a calendar, over 5,000 saint biographies, our most popular saints, and a list of patron saints. 7 days / week. See Sample

E-mail: Zip Code:

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Find Saint: Products | Books | Prayers | Saint of the Day

Search Saints:

Rate This Saint

Was this helpful to you? Very Helpful Somewhat Helpful Not Helpful at All

Was this helpful to you? Yes, I am Interested No, I am not Interested

1 - 1 of 1 Comments

Robert Jan Kelder
1 year ago
L.S.
The name of the village is St. Guilhelm-le-Désert (not du-Désert). Also the epic poem (not romance) entitled Willehalm by Wolfram von Eschenbach deserves to be mentioned in this cpontext. Further, I refer to my website www.willehalm.nl in which the first part of my translation of "How the Grail Sites Were Found" by the Swiss scholar Werner Greub can be consulted on the hitherto 'hidden" biography of this original William of Orange, including a chapter on his marriage to an Arabian princess, named Arabelle, whom he manged to convert to Christianity.
Regards,
Robert Jan Kelder
Founding Director Willehalm Institute Press Foundation in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Comments submitted must be civil, remain on-topic and not violate any laws including copyright. We reserve the right to delete any comments which are abusive, inappropriate or not constructive to the discussion.

Though we invite robust discussion, we reserve the right to not publish any comment which denigrates the human person, undermines marriage and the family, or advocates for positions which openly oppose the teaching of the Catholic Church.

This is a supervised forum and the Editors of Catholic Online retain the right to direct it.

We also reserve the right to block any commenter for repeated violations. Your email address is required to post, but it will not be published on the site.

We ask that you NOT post your comment more than once. Catholic Online is growing and our ability to review all comments sometimes results in a delay in their publication.

Name *

Email *

Comment *

Send me important information from Catholic Online and it's partners. See Sample

Post Comment

Previous Saint
< Bl. William Greenwood

Next Saint
Bl. William Freeman >

Find Saints

Catholic Online offers the largest searchable database of Catholic Saints on the internet.

Browse Saints by Alphabet	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Patron Saints by Alphabet	A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z