ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER
Saints celebrated on the 27th of October
RATHO, BISHOP OF STRASBOURG
Ratho, a bishop and confessor at Strasbourg, is also known as Rachius, Rachus, and Rechus. Following the death of St Remigius he was called away from his Gregorienthal monastery in Alsace and raised to the episcopal chair. He presided over the diocese with diligence and holy zeal for nine years. Ratho passed to his eternal reward in A.D. 812. (Buc.)
Ratho is also remembered on December 11.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882)
Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations
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