[2] He later entered the Franciscans and served in two of their Sicilian convents where he was known for having caused miracles in addition to his humble and simple childlike nature which people believed was one of the signs of his holiness.

[3][4] The Sicilian people revered Cagnoli as a saint after his death and the fame of his holiness spread throughout Italian regions as far north as Liguria.

[1] He was an ardent devotee to Louis of Toulouse (whom Pope John XXII canonized in 1317) who was also a Franciscan and his example was the reason that Cagnoli decided to enter the order in the first place.

In 1344 Taddeo Gaddi was commissioned to paint a fresco depicting some scenes from the life of Gerard for the church of San Francesco de' Ferri in Pisa.

[2] He was beatified on 13 May 1908 after Pope Pius X confirmed that there existed a longstanding "cultus" (or popular devotion and veneration) to the late friar that was sufficient ground for his beatification based on his enduring reputation for holiness.