Saint Andrew Zorard

Also known as

• Sverad
• Svorad
• Swierad
• Swirad
• Wszechrad
• Zoerardus
• Zoërard
• Zurawek
• Zórawek

Memorial

• 17 July
• 13 June (Poland)

Profile

Missionary hermit in the area of Olawa, Silesia (in modern Poland). Monk in Tropie, Poland. Hermit and then Benedictine monk on Mount Zobar, Hungary c.1003. Spiritual teacher of Saint Benedict of Szakalka. Known for his austere, contemplative life and personal piety. A biography of him was written by Blessed Maurus of Pecs.

Born

• c.980 in Opatowiec, Poland

Died

• c.1010 of natural causes
• relics translated to the Cathedral of Saint Emmeram in Nitra, Slovakia in 1083

Canonized

• 1085 by Pope Saint Gregory VII

Patronage

• Abbey of Saint Andrew, Cleveland, Ohio
• Hungary
• Nitra, Slovakia, diocese of
• Tarnów, Poland, diocese of

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Brotherhood churches and schools Saints Swierad and Benedict in Poland and Slovakia
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Andrew Zorard”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 December 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-andrew-zorard/>