V for the building of the citadel, the canons were removed, and took with them the relics of the saint, to the old church of Saint Vedast, which from that time has borne the name of Saint Gery. The Church of Saint-Géry is one of the oldest in Cambrai, and a listed historical monument since 1919. His feast day is mentioned in the martyrology of Rabanus Maurus for August 11. Relics Relics of the saint were given to Carignan, to the church of Saint-Géry in Valenciennes, to the abbey of Saint-Sépulcre in Cambrai, which became a cathedral after the destruction of the old one after the Revolution, to the abbey of Arras, to the abbey of Liessies, to the collegiate church of Saint-Pierre in Douai, to the church of Saint-Donat in Bruges, to the church of Saint-Géry in Bierne, and to the church of Saint-Géry in Brussels8. His reliquary is still on display in the south transept of the church of Saint-Géry in Cambrai. Patronage He is the patron saint of many churches in the regions of Cambrai, Bierne, Valenciennes and Arras, as well as in Belgium. During his wanderings he freed many prisoners, criminals, children taken into slavery. St-Géry is the patron of Cambrai, and of prisoners. References 550s births 619 deaths Year of birth uncertain Bishops of Cambrai 6th-century Frankish bishops 7th-century Frankish bishops 7th-century Frankish saints Medieval Belgian saints