Saint Gaudericus de Vilavella

Gauderic, Gauderic of Viéville, or Gaudry (in Catalan: Galderic) (Vilavella, modern-day Saint-Gaudéric, County of Carcassonne, c. 820 – Saint-Martin-du-Canigou, Conflent, 900) is a saint of the Catholic Church, whose feast day is October 16. He was a ninth-century peasant who, along with his two brothers, cultivated the lands of a landowner. He defended the rights of peasants, protecting them from the abuses and mistreatment of the lords. He is the patron saint of Catalan farmers. He is invoked to bring rain because he once caused a spring to gush from the ground.