Saint Catald of Taranto

Also known as

• Cataldus
• Cathal
• Cattaldo

Memorial

• 10 May

Profile

Student at the monastic school of Lismore, Waterford under Saint Carthage. Later a teacher there, and then headmaster. Pilgrim to the Holy Land. On his way home a storm shipwrecked him in Taranto, Italy. As he recovered, his holiness was such that he was chosen by the people to be their bishop. He lived the rest of his life in the region, teaching and caring for his parishioners. There are towns in Sicily and southern Italy named for him.

Born

• 7th century Munster, Ireland

Died

• c.685 in Taranto, Italy of natural causes
• relics discovered centuries after his death during a renovation of the cathedral following its damage by Saracens in 927
• relics translated on 10 May 1017
• remarkable cures reported almost immediately at his new tomb

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against blindness
• against drought
• against epilepsy
• against hernias
• against paralysis
• against plague
• against storms
• blind people
• drought relief
• epileptics
• paralyzed people
• Taranto, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Catald of Taranto“. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 May 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>