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Saint

Patto

An abbot and later bishop in Saxony, reposed around 788.

Feast
March 30old style April 12
Reposed
7888th century
Place
Werden

Life

Saint Patto (Pacificus) was, according to tradition, Irish by birth; he went to Saxony, became abbot of a monastery there and finally bishop at Verden in Germany. He reposed around 788. No other reliable information about his life survives. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 30 March (new style; 12 April in the old style).

Commemorated the same day March 30