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Gerard of Csanád
Italian Benedictine monk, founder bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of (Szeged-)Csanád, and martyr
Feast: 24 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In Pannonia, in the territory of present-day Hungary, Saint Gerard Sagredo, bishop of Csanád and martyr, who was the teacher of Saint Emeric, the young prince, son of the holy king Stephen, and died stoned near the Danube in a revolt of some local pagans.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 24 September as the bishop of Csanád, tutor of Saint Emeric, stoned to death by pagans near the Danube.
Connected on this site
- Stephen I Saint“Stephen I made him the first bishop of the newly established Diocese of Csanád (encompassing present-day Banat in Serbia, Romania and Hungary) around 1030.” — Wikipedia
- Stephen I of Hungary Saint“Maurus, bishop of Pécs, and King Stephen I of Hungary convinced him to discontinue his pilgrimage, emphasizing that Gerard's preaching could accelerate the conversion of the Hungarians.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 24 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q117759 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gerard of Csanád (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.