Gildard
Life and witness
At Roan, of St. Gildard, bishop, brother to the same St. Medard, who both born upon one day, and upon one day ordained bishops, being also upon one and the self-same day taken out of this life, went together to heaven.
Biographical overview
Gildard or Gildardus, or Gildaredus also known as Godard or Godardus (c. 448 – c. 525), was the Bishop of Rouen from 488 to 525. He is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, and the missal of the Sarum Rite refers to him as a confessor. He is closely connected to Medard, who was traditionally considered to be his brother.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Rotomagi sancti Gildardi Episcopi, qui fuit frater ejusdem sancti Medardi. Ambo autem fratres, eodem die nati eodemque die Episcopi consecrati, uno quoque die de hac vita subtracti, simul in caelum migrarunt.