Gerard of Csanád, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Gerard of Csanád

Italian Benedictine monk, founder bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of (Szeged-)Csanád, and martyr

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-0980

Place of Birth: Venice, Venetian Province, Italy

Date of Death: 24-Sep-1046

Profession: writer, priest

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Gerard of Csanád

  • Gerard or Gerard Sagredo (Hungarian: Gellért; Italian: Gerardo di Sagredo; Latin: Gerardus; 23 April 977/1000 – 29 August 1046) 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 contain most conventional elements of medieval biographies of saints.
  • He was born in a Venetian noble family, associated with the Sagredos or Morosinis in sources written centuries later.
  • After a serious illness, he was sent to the Benedictine San Giorgio Monastery at the age of five.
  • He received excellent monastic education and also learnt grammar, music, philosophy and law. He left Venice for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land around 1020, but a storm compelled him to break his journey near Istria.
  • He decided to visit the Kingdom of Hungary.
  • Maurus, Bishop of Pécs, and Stephen I of Hungary convinced him not to continue his pilgrimage, emphasizing that Gerard's preachings could accelerate the conversion of the Hungarians.
  • Gerard was made the tutor of the king's son and heir, Emeric.
  • Before long, Gerard went to the Bakony Hills to live as a hermit near Bakonybél.
  • Stephen I made him bishop of the newly established Diocese of Csanád (encompassing present-day Banat in Serbia, Romania and Hungary) around 1030.
  • Benedictine monks who could speak Hungarian helped him to preach among the local inhabitants.

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