07 works, Today, September 24th, is Saint Gerard Sagredo’s day, his story illustrated #266
1 min readSep 24, 2020
The Assassination of Saint Gerard Sagredo
Oil on canvas
74.9 x 42.5 cm. (29.5 x 16.7 in.)
Abbey of Santa Giustina, Padua
Gerard or Gerard Sagredo (23 April 977/1000–29 August 1046) was the first bishop of Csanád in the Kingdom of Hungary from around 1030 to his death. He was born in a Venetian noble family. 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…