Saint Gerard Sagredo

Also known as

• Collert
• Apostle of Hungary
• Gerardo Sagredo
• Gellért Sagredo

Memorial

• 24 September

Profile

Benedictine monk. Abbot at San Giorgio Maggiore abbey, Venice, Italy. He passed through Hungary while on a pilgrimage to Palestine. There he met with King Saint Stephen who persuaded him to stay and minister to the Magyars. Tutor of Prince Saint Emeric. First bishop of Csanad, Hungary in 1035. Martyred during the pagan backlash that followed the death of Saint Stephen.

Born

• 23 April 980 in Venice, Italy

Died

• stabbed to death with a lance on 24 September 1046 at Buda, Hungary
• body thrown into the Danube River and not recovered

Canonized

• 1083 by Pope Saint Gregory VII

Patronage

• Hungary

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gerard Sagredo”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 December 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-gerard-sagredo/>