Gezelinus, Bl.
GEZELINUS, BL.
Cistercian lay brother; d. c. 1137. According to the legend of his life, he was a cistercian lay brother in the Abbey of Altenberg. He supposedly spent some time as a shepherd and hermit in the Rhineland. He was buried in Leverkusen-Schlebusch, and in 1814 his relics were translated to the parish church of Sankt Andreas.
Feast: Aug. 6.
Bibliography: Acta Sanctorum Aug. 2:172–173. a. heintz, Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, ed. j. hofer and k. rahner, 10v. (2d, new ed. Freiburg 1957–65); suppl., Das Zweite Vatikanische Konzil: Dokumente und Kommentare, ed. h. s. brechter et al., pt. 1 (1966) 4:878. p. opladen, Heimatbuch Leverkusen-Schlebusch (Leverkusen 1952) 2:79–88.
[b. j. comaskey]
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