Saint Gildard

He is venerated as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church, and the missal of the Sarum Rite refers to him as a confessor.

[3] Alban Butler adds that he "governed the see of Rouen with great zeal during the space of fifteen years.

[3] According to Butler, his body was removed during Norman incursions and moved to the Abbey of St. Medard in Soissons, where it remains.

Prior to the emergence of widespread belief in this association, no cult of Gildard was promoted, and his relics were kept in the church of Notre Dame (St. Mary) in suburban Rouen without attracting any attention.

[6] In Soissons, Gildard "was provided for the first time with literary traditions and [here] his cult was promoted.