Gerald of Braga explained

Saint Gerald of Braga
Death Date:	December 5, 1109
Feast Day:	December 5
Venerated In:	Roman Catholic Church
Birth Place:	Cahors, Gascony
Death Place:	Bornes, Vila Pouca de Aguiar, Portugal
Titles:	Bishop of Braga

Gerald of Braga was a bishop of Braga.

Gerald was born in Cahors, Gascony, and became a Benedictine monk at Moissac, France.^[1]

Archbishop Bernhard of Toledo, also a Cluniac monk, admired the liturgical singing in the monastery and asked Gerald to renew the liturgical music in Toledo. He served as cathedral choir director.

In 1100 Gerald became Bishop of Braga, Portugal and stopped ecclesiastical investiture by laymen in his diocese. He baptised Afonso I of Portugal.

Gerald died on December 5, 1109, and was buried in Braga Cathedral.

The Vita Sancti Geraldi was written by one Bernard, a companion and fellow Cluniac monk from France.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/gbraga Odden Per Einar. "Den hellige Gerald av Braga (-1109)", Den katolske kirke
2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5699/portstudies.31.2.0153 Lay, Stephen. "Sanctity and Social Alienation in Twelfth-Century Braga as Portrayed in the Vita Sancti Geraldi." Portuguese Studies