Saint Gerard Sagredo
![[Saint Gerard holy card]](saintg3o.jpg "12k jpg holy card of Saint Gerard, artist unknown; thanks Father Eugene; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
- Collert;
Apostle of Hungary
- Memorial
- 24 September
- Profile
- Benedictine monk.
Abbot at San Giorgio Maggiore abbey, Venice.
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 in 1035.
Martyred during the pagan backlash that followed Saint Stephen's death.
- Born
- early 11th century at Venice, Italy
- Died
- stabbed to death with a lance in 1046 at Buda;
body thrown into the Danube River
- Patronage
- Hungary
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