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Catald
Irish monk
SaintFull write-upIrelandPre-congregation
Feast: 10 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
685
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Taranto, Saint Catald, bishop and pilgrim, who is believed to have come from Scotland.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 10 May as a bishop and pilgrim near Taranto.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1050218 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Catald (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.