SAINT
saint-gerard-of-csanad
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Gerard or Gerard Sagredo was the first bishop of Csanád in the Kingdom of Hungary from around 1030 to his death. Most information about his life was preserved in his legends, which contains most of the conventional elements of medieval saints' biographies. He was born in a Venetian noble family, associated with the Sagredo or Morosini families in sources written centuries later. At the age of five, after a serious illness, he was sent to the newly-founded Benedictine San Giorgio Monastery. He received an excellent monastic education and also learnt grammar, music, philosophy, and law.
feast Day
09-24
patronages
- Hungary
- Budapest
birth Date
977/1000
death Date
24 September 1046
canonization Status
canonized
canonization Date
1083
canonized By
Pope Gregory VII
feast Month
9
feast Day Of Month
24

