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Catald of Taranto (also Cataldus, Cathaluds, Cathaldus, Cat(t)aldo, Cathal; fl. 7th century) was an Irish monk.


Biography

Cataldus was born in Munster and became the disciple and successor of
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in the famous School of
Lismore, County Waterford Lismore () is a historic town in County Waterford, in the province of Munster, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Originally associated with Mo Chutu of Lismore, Saint Mochuda of Lismore, who founded Lismore Abbey in the 6th century, the town develop ...
. He is believed to have been consecrated a bishop in Ireland. His apparent desire for a life of solitude saw him venture off to
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on a pilgrimage. On his return home his ship was wrecked off the Italian coast, near the city of
Taranto Taranto (; ; previously called Tarent in English) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base. Founded by Spartans ...
. The people here appear to have encouraged the monk to accept the government of their church. Some of the miracles claimed through Catald's intercession include protecting the city against the plague and floods that, apparently, had occurred in neighbouring areas. When his coffin was opened in the eleventh century, it contained a gold cross left at the time of his burial. The relics of the saint were then encased and preserved in the high altar of the cathedral.


Legacy

His feast day is 10 May. Saint Cathal was the
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of the Sicilian Normans. San Cataldo is the
patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, fa ...
of
Supino Supino is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Frosinone in the Italian region Lazio, located about southeast of Rome and about west of Frosinone. Supino borders the following municipalities: Carpineto Romano, Ferentino, Frosinone, Giu ...
, located in the province of
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and the region of
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, as well as
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, located in the
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and the region of
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. The Cattedrale di San Cataldo is the archiepiscopal see of the Archdiocese of Taranto. The
Chiesa di San Cataldo The Church of San Cataldo (or Saint Cathal's Church) is a Catholic church located at Piazza Bellini, in central Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Erected in 1154 as a notable example of the Arab-Norman architecture which flourished in Sicily under Norma ...
in
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, Sicily is a World Heritage site. The
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in
Montenero Sabino Montenero Sabino is a (municipality) in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region of Latium, located about northeast of Rome and about southwest of Rieti Rieti (; , Sabino: ) is a town and ''comune'' in Lazio, central Italy, with a populat ...
, province of Rieti, in the region of the Lazio, is dedicated to San Cataldo.Antiche Strutture
entry in website of Comune of Montenero Sabino. The Italian towns of San Cataldo (there is such a town in
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, and a modern sea resort in the
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n
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) are named in his honour.


See also

*
Saint Gall Gall (; 550 645) according to hagiographic tradition was a disciple and one of the traditional twelve companions of Columbanus on his mission from Ireland to the continent. However, he may have originally come from the border region betwe ...
*
Columbanus Saint Columbanus (; 543 – 23 November 615) was an Irish missionary notable for founding a number of monasteries after 590 in the Frankish and Lombard kingdoms, most notably Luxeuil Abbey in present-day France and Bobbio Abbey in presen ...
*
Petrus de Ibernia Petrus de Ibernia, also known as Peter of Ireland, was a 13th-century writer and lecturer who is believed to have taught logic and natural philosophy to Thomas Aquinas. Peter of Ireland is mentioned by the Aquinas' biographers Wilhelm of Tocco and ...
* James of Ireland *
List of Catholic saints This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has Canonization, canonized as saints. According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision. Many of the saints listed here are found in the General Roman C ...


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"Saint Catald"
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