Hieromartyr
Tatta
Abbot of Amalbarich, slain for Christ around 808.
- Feast
- February 6old style February 19
- Reposed
- 8089th century
- Place
- Amalbarich Abbey
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Hieromartyr Tatta, also called Tanco, was a Scottish-born abbot and bishop who was slain for Christ in Germany. Our record remembers him as abbot of Amalbarich, dying around 808, while Wikipedia gives the year 815. His veneration appears in the calendars of both the Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Church. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 6 February (new calendar).
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