Venerable (Monastic) · 5th century
Gerasimus of the Jordan
Also known as Gerasimus of Jordan · Gerasim
A fifth-century ascetic from Lycia in Asia Minor who, after training in the Egyptian desert, settled by the Jordan River and founded a monastic community. He is famous for the story of taming a lion by removing a thorn from its paw.
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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; en.wikipedia.org