Patronage: Pregnant Women, Children, Unborn Children, Safe Childbirth, Falsely Accused People, Motherhood, Good Confessions, Lay Brothers.
Invoked against: Miscarriages.
Feast: 16 October.

St Gerard medal depicts this Saint with a cross and a skull, as a reminder of the brevity of life. St Gerard Majella is the patron saint of pregnant women and children. Legend has it that a woman dying giving birth was saved and gave birth to her first-born without difficulty thanks to a handkerchief given to her by the Saint. Give this medal as a gift for expectant mothers.