Cathroe of Metz

Venerable Cathroe of Metz (about 900 to 971) was a monk and abbot of Scottish birth. His life was written soon after his death by a monk of the monastery of Saint Felix at Metz, where Cathroe had been abbot. Healings were attributed to him even during his life, and after his death he was regarded as a saint. The account of his life also sheds light on Lotharingia and Germany and on southern Scotland in the tenth century. Our record has the year 976. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 6 March (new calendar).