Conrad of Urach
Catholic cardinal
Feast: 30 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Conrad, a canon of Liège, entered the Cistercian monastery of Villers in 1199 and became its abbot, then Abbot of Clairvaux in 1214 and of Cîteaux, general of his order, in 1217.
Created a cardinal in 1219, he served as legate in France and Germany. After the death of Honorius III the cardinals agreed to elect him pope, but he refused. He died in 1227.
The miracles
The Cistercians venerate him as Blessed; the Catholic Encyclopedia does not describe a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Cistercian abbot and cardinal who refused the papacy.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Engelbert II of Berg Saint“Cardinal Conrad of Urach declared him a martyr; there was no formal canonisation.” — this site's research
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Conrad of Urach
- Wikidata Q66608 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Conrad of Urach (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.