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St. Gerold

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Feastday: April 19
Death: 978

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A nobleman who became a hermit in Switzerland. He was born into the Rhaetian family of Saxony counts. Becoming a recluse, Gerold gave his lands to Einsiedeln Monastery in Switzerland, where his sons were monks. Gerold then became a hermit in a forest near Mitternach in the Waalgu.

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