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Saint Tanco (or Tancho, Tanchon, Tatta; died 815) was a Scottish abbot, bishop, and martyr in Germany. He is venerated as a
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in the
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, with his
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on 6 February or 15 February depending on the liturgical calendar.


Monks of Ramsgate account

The monks of
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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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