CORRADO of ZÄHRINGEN, blessed. - A Cistercian, cardinal, also called of Urach (because he was the son of Count Egino IV), born in the last quarter of the 12th century, died at Rome (?) on 30 September 1227. From being a canon of Liège, he entered in 1199 the Cistercian monastery of Villers-en-Brabant, of which he became prior and then abbot (1209–14). He subsequently became abbot of Clairvaux (1214) and then of Cîteaux (1217). Honorius III created him cardinal bishop of Porto and S. Rufina (1219) and personally consecrated him.
He had two important legations: the first in France against the Albigensians (1220–23); the second in Germany for the preaching of the Crusade in support of the Holy Land (1224–26). While the result of this particular mission was modest, he contributed greatly to the improvement of ecclesiastical and monastic discipline, through synods, the foundation of monasteries and, when necessary, even severe punishments. The Cistercians call him blessed, but he has no cult.