---
title: "St. Gerard of Csanád: Feast Day September 24 · Bless"
url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gerard-of-csanad/
description: "St. Gerard of Csanád, Bishop and Martyr. Remembered on September 24, died c. 1046. Read their life in Bless."
---

Bishop and Martyr · Remembered on September 24

# St. Gerard of Csanád

St. Gerard of Csanád is remembered on September 24 in Bless’s calendar of saints.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Remembered on | [September 24](https://blessbible.app/saints/september/#24) |
| Title | Bishop and Martyr |
| Died | c. 1046 |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Friday, September 24, 2027](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gerard-of-csanad/#calendar) |

## Life

A Venetian monk waylaid — providentially — on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, who stayed to tutor St. Stephen of Hungary’s son and become the first bishop of Csanád. In the pagan uprising after Stephen’s death he was hurled from the Buda hill that now bears his name, blessing his killers.

## In the calendar

The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Gerard of Csanád. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.

| Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Friday, September 24, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/09/24/) | Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Haggai 2:1-9 · Psalm 43:1, 2, 3, 4 · Mark 10:45 · Luke 9:18-22 |
| [Sunday, September 24, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/09/24/) | Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time | Green | Amos 8:4-7 · Psalm 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 · 1 Timothy 2:1-8 · Cf. 2 Corinthians 8:9 · Luke 16:1-13 |

Readings

Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish.

[September 23 St. Pius of Pietrelcina](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-pius-of-pietrelcina/) [September 25 St. Cleophas](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cleophas/)

[All the saints of September](https://blessbible.app/saints/september/) [Born on September 24?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#09-24) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/)

Spotted a mistake in a date, a patronage or a quotation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here.

St. Gerard of Csanád

Remembered on September 24

On this page

1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gerard-of-csanad/#life)
2. [In the calendar](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-gerard-of-csanad/#calendar)

In the app

Bless shows a saint every day on its Today screen, with their life and their words. Free on iPhone.