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Gal, Saint Gal, Saint- The sixteenth and twenty-third bishops of Clermont-Ferrand (Auvergne) were both named Gal, and both are saints. The first St. Gal was bishop from 527 to 551, and the s… Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint Gilbert of Sempringham, Saint- Short biography of the founder of the Gilbertines, who died in 1189. Gregory II, Pope Saint Gregory II, Pope Saint- Also known as Gregory Junior, or Gregory the Younger, d. 731. Galla, Saint Galla, Saint- A Roman widow of the sixth century; feast, 5 October. Gabriel the Archangel, Saint Gabriel the Archangel, Saint- One of the three archangels mentioned in the Bible. Géry, Saint Géry, Saint- Bishop of Cambrai-Arras, d. between 623 and 626. Gerard, Bishop of Toul, Saint Gerard, Bishop of Toul, Saint- Biography of this tenth-century bishop. Godeberta, Saint Godeberta, Saint- Born in about 640, superior of a convent at Noyon. Gregory III, Pope Saint Gregory III, Pope Saint- A Syrian, was elected the successor of Pope St. Gregory II by acclamation, d. 741. Gregory of Nyssa, Saint Gregory of Nyssa, Saint- Bishop, one of the Cappadocian Fathers, d. after 385 or 386. Gatianus, Saint Gatianus, Saint- First bishop of Tours, d. 301. Gregory of Utrecht, Saint Gregory of Utrecht, Saint- Missionary companion of St. Boniface, and later an abbot, d. 775 or 780. Germain, Saint Germain, Saint- Monk, Bishop of Paris, d. 576. Gobban Saer Gobban Saer- Regarded in traditional lore as the greatest Irish architect of the seventh century, and popularly canonized as St. Gobban; b. at Turvey, near Malahide, Co. Dublin, a… Gildas, Saint Gildas, Saint- Biographical entry for St. Gildas the Wise, also called "Badonicus," born to a British family in Scotland, educated in Wales, monk, priest, died in 570. Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Saint- Biographical article on this Doctor of the Church, known in the Christian East as St. Gregory the Theologian. Gregory of Neocaesarea, Saint Gregory of Neocaesarea, Saint- Also known as Gregory Thaumaturgus, converted to Christianity by Origen, became a bishop, d. between 270 and 275. Gaudentius, Saint Gaudentius, Saint- Successor of St. Philastrius as bishop of Brescia. Gaudentius died c. 410. Gerald, Saint Gerald, Saint- English monk, Bishop of Mayo, d. 731. Brief biography. Gelasius I, Pope Saint Gelasius I, Pope Saint- An assessment of his pontificate. He died in 496. Gregory the Illuminator, Saint Gregory the Illuminator, Saint- Patron of Armenia. Husband and father, bishop, d. possibly in 337. Gall, Saint Gall, Saint- Late sixth- to early seventh-century Irish hermit. Ghislain, Saint Ghislain, Saint- Hermit in Belgium, confessor, died c. 680. Gallicanus, Saints Gallicanus, Saints- Three saints by this name commemorated on 25 June. Giles, Saint Giles, Saint- Also known as Aegidius. Hermit and then abbot in late seventh-century Gaul. Gnosticism Gnosticism- History of Gnosticism from its pre-Christian roots through its developed doctrines concerning cosmogony, the Sophia-myth, soteriology, and eschatology. Includes inform… Gresemund, Dietrich Gresemund, Dietrich- German humanist; b. in 1477, at Speyer; d. 1512, at Mainz. Gideon Gideon- One of the Greater Judges of Israel. He belonged to the tribe of Manasses, and to the family of Abiezer. Gad Gad- A proper name which designates in the Bible, (I), a patriarch; (II), a tribe of Israel; (III), a prophet; (IV), a pagan deity. Gregory of Rimini Gregory of Rimini- Augustinian theologian, d. 1358.