Saint Gaucherius was born in France and was fortunate to receive a good Christian education. At an early age of eighteen, he renounced things of this world and chose to live a solitary life.
Many men came to love this type of life and pleaded to be allowed to join. He gladly accepted and gradually built a community which he nurtured and gave a rule of Saint Augustine as a guide.
He trained many holy men in this community and eventually died in the year 1140.
Devotion to the souls in Purgatory contains in itself all the works of mercy, which supernaturalized by a spirit of faith, should merit us Heaven. de Sales
