Saint Catald of Taranto

Also known as: Cataldus of Taranto
Cathal of Taranto
Cattaldo of Taranto
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
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