Saint Gerard of Csanád

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Saint Gerard of Csanád was an 11th-century Venetian-born Benedictine bishop and Christian martyr in Hungary, venerated as one of the country’s earliest and most important saints.

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Saint Gerard of Csanád canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monk
Catholic saint
Christian martyr
Hungarian saint
Italian Roman Catholic saint
Roman Catholic bishop
alsoKnownAs Gellért of Csanád
Gerard Sagredo
Gerardus Venetus
Saint Gellért
associatedWith Csanád (historic region)
linked to: Csanád

Saint Stephen I of Hungary
birthPlace Republic of Venice
Venice
canonizationStatus canonized saint
causeOfDeath impalement on a spike
stoning
commemoratedBy Gellért Hill in Budapest
Statue of Saint Gellért on Gellért Hill
countryOfActivity Kingdom of Hungary
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Venice
deathPlace Kingdom of Hungary
near Buda
diocese Diocese of Csanád
era 11th century
feastDay 24 September
givenName Gerard
hasOccupation bishop
missionary
monk
theologian
honorificPrefix Saint
influenced early Hungarian Christianity
languageOfWorkOrName Hungarian
Italian
Latin
mannerOfDeath killed by pagans
martyrdom
memberOf Order of Saint Benedict
linked to: Benedictines
notableFor Christianization of Hungary
being one of the earliest Hungarian saints
notableWork Deliberatio supra hymnum trium puerorum
partOf early Christianization of the Kingdom of Hungary
patronage Budapest
Hungary
positionHeld Bishop of Csanád
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
veneratedIn Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Orthodox Church
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church

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Gellért Hill namedAfter Saint Gerard of Csanád
Gellért-hegy namedAfter Saint Gerard of Csanád