Saint Tanco of Werden

Also known as

• Tancho
• Tatta

Memorial

• 6 February

Profile

Monk. Abbot of Amalbarich Abbey in Saxony (in modern Germany). Bishop of Werden, Germany. Murdered by pagans for denouncing their customs. Martyr.

Born

• Ireland

Died

• 808

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Tanco of Werden“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 February 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>