Saint Tanco (or Tancho, Tanchon, Tatta; died 815) was a Scottish abbot, bishop, and martyr in Germany. He is venerated as a
saint
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in the
Catholic Church
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, with his
feast day
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on 6 February or 15 February depending on the liturgical calendar.
Monks of Ramsgate account
The monks of
St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
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, wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921),
Butler's account
The hagiographer
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.
Biography
Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died when ...
( 1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Primitive Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'', under February 16,
Ranbeck's account
Aegedius Ranbeck wrote in his ''Saints of the Order of Saint Benedict'' (1896),
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Medieval Scottish saints
815 deaths
Roman Catholic bishops of Verden