Baring-Gould’s sources: Gallican Martyrology and that of the Regular Canons. Authority: — The Lessons in the Office of the Montpellier Breviary.] Guirald, Guiraud, Gerald, or, as he signed himself, Geraud, was bom at a village anciently called Podium-Salico, near Beziers. He was bom before the proper time, and was a little, feeble, hideous creature; and was regarded with small affection by his parents, whose love and pride were devoted to their well-grown and handsome children. The poor boy, finding little affection at home, turned for it to the home of the sorrowful, the Church of God, and took refuge in the monastery of S. Maria de Cassiano, a home of the Regular Canons. He made great progress in perfection, was gentle, patient, cheerful, so that he gained the hearts of his companions. He was elected prior, and in 1121, when Arnold, bishop of Beziers, was promoted to the archiepiscopal throne of Narbonne, Gerald was elected in his room. As bishop he was not elated, but remained the same simple-minded, patient, modest man that he had been as canon. He spent all his revenue in relieving human misery; and died in 1123 tit 1 on November 5th. He was buried at his own request in the church of S. Aphrodisia, where his relics are still preserved with reverence.