Andrew Zorard
Saint Andrew Zorard | |
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| Born | c. 980 Opatowiec, Kazimierza, Poland |
| Died | c. 1009 Zobor Mountain, near Nitra, Kingdom of Hungary (modern day Slovakia) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | 1083 by Pope Gregory VII |
| Major shrine | St. Emmeram's Cathedral |
| Feast | June 13 (in Poland), July 17 (in Slovakia) |
| Attributes | walnuts, eagle, chain, axe, rocks |
| Patronage | Hungary, Nitra, Diocese of Nitra, Diocese of Tarnów, St. Andrew Abbey in Cleveland |
Andrew Zorard (Hungarian: Zoerárd András, Szórád, Zoárd; Polish: Andrzej Świerad, Żurawek, Żórawek, Świrad, and Wszechrad; Slovak: Svorad, Andrej Svorad, Czech: Sverad; German: Zoërard, Latin: Zoerardus) was a Benedictine monk originating from Poland but active in Slovakia (then Hungary), who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Churches