Cathróe of Metz
Abbot of Metz
Feast: 6 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Saint Cathróe (circa 900–971) was a monk and abbot. His life is recorded in a hagiography written soon after his death by a monk at the monastery of Saint Felix at Metz, where Cathróe was abbot. Miracles of healing were attributed to Cathróe during his life, and he was considered a saint after his death.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Menology of the Benedictine Order, 6 March — Entered at 6 March — the feast day in this entry — as 'St. Cadroe', the Scot who left Ireland for the continent, founded a community in the forest of Thiérache and revived Saint-Basle before governing his community for t
- Wikidata Q2485156 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Cathróe of Metz (CC BY-SA)
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