Gimer of Carcassonne

Holy Hierarch Gimer of Carcassonne was bishop of Carcassonne in southern France, between 902 and 931, and reposed in the year 931 or 932. He was born at Carcassonne, in the district that bears his name today. He stood out by his charity toward the needy, to whom he gave the proceeds from the sale of the property inherited from his family. He then went to live in the community of regular canons of the cathedral. At the death of Bishop Gislerandus he was elected the thirteenth bishop of Carcassonne.

A reforming bishop, he took part in the councils of Barcelona (906), Saint-⁠Thibéry, Maguelone and Fontcouverte. He moved the episcopal seat from the church of Santa Maria de Sant Salvador to that of Saints Nazarius and Celsus. He was buried in the cathedral. On the site of the house where he was born, in the rue de la Barbacane, the church of Saint-⁠Gimer was built, destroyed and rebuilt by Viollet-⁠le-⁠Duc in the 19th century. By an older tradition he was the first bishop of Carcassonne, but Duchesne rejected this. In the diocese of Carcassonne his day was kept on 15 May; the Roman Martyrology commemorates him on 13 February, by the Western calendar (new style). He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.