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Tassac
Irish saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 14 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
497
verified
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Tassach was one of St Patrick's craftsmen, whom Patrick set over the church of Raholp near Saul in County Down.
He was chosen to be with St Patrick at his death and gave him the Holy Viaticum. He died about 497.
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 bishop who gave St Patrick his last Communion.
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - St. Tassach
- Wikidata Q4452340 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Tassac (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.