Saint Duthac
Évêque de
Ross (+ 1065)
Irlandais, il passa la mer, comme tant d'autres de ses compatriotes, et devint évêque de Ross en Ecosse où de nombreuses localités portent son nom, comme la ville de Kilduthie. Il est aussi chargé de nombreuses légendes.
À Tayne en Écosse, vers 1065, la mise au tombeau de saint Duthac, évêque de
Ross.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/6035/Saint-Duthac.html
Also
known as
Chief Confessor of
Ireland and Scotland
Dothow
Dubhthach
Dubtach
Dubthach
Duthac
Duthacus
Duthak
Profile
Educated in Ireland. Bishop of Ross, Scotland.
Born
8 March 1065 in Ireland of
natural causes
interred in the
original Saint Duthus Chapel at Tain, Scotland
body found to be incorrupt
after 7 years, 6 months and 9 days
relics translated
to the Saint Duthus
Collegiate Church in the 14th
century
relics destroy
in 1560 as
part of the Protestant Reformation
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Ramsgate
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MLA
Citation
‘Saint Duthus of
Ross‘. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 March 2023. Web. 8 March 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-duthus-of-ross/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-duthus-of-ross/
Article
DUTHAC (Saint) Bishop
(March 8) (11th century) A native of Scotland and first Bishop of Ross. Having
acquired a great reputation for learning and piety, he passed away A.D. 1065.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Duthac”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 November 2012.
Web. 8 March 2026. <http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-duthac/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-duthac/
St. Duthac
Feastday: March 8
Bishop of Ross, in
Scotland. An Irishman by birth, he was venerated for miracles and prophecies.
He is recorded to have predicted the Danish invasion.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3003
Saints of
the Day – Duthac of Ross, Bishop
Article
Died 1065. An Irishman by
birth, Saint Duthac became bishop of Ross in Scotland, where his memory is
preserved in several place names, e.g., Kilduthie (Benedictines).
MLA
Citation
Katherine I
Rabenstein. Saints of the Day, 1998. CatholicSaints.Info.
5 January 2023. Web. 8 March 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-duthac-of-ross-bishop/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-duthac-of-ross-bishop/
St. Duthac of Ross,
Bishop
8 MARCH
Died 1065. An Irishman by
birth, St. Duthac became bishop of Ross in Scotland, where his memory is
preserved in several place names, e.g., Kilduthie (Benedictines).
There is a ruined chapel in Tain in Easter Ross which is believed to have been
built over the place of Duthac's birth. He was of a good Scottish family but
went to Ireland for his education returning to his native land as a Bishop,
working in the districts of Moray and Ross. An Irish chronicler describes him
as "Primus anamchara, praecipius confessarius", first among soul
friends and chief among confessors, and he is honoured for his devotion to
hearing confessions and giving spiritual direction to his people.
Bishop Elphinstone who was Bishop of Ross before going to Aberdeen is
responsible for adding a number of stories about the saint to the Aberdeen
Breviary. When he was quite young his mother sent him to the smithy to ask for
coals as the fire in their house had gone out. The smith scornfully threw a
shovel full of coals at the boy who calmly gathered up the glowing embers in
his apron and carried them home without suffering any harm.
Once when he was dining with a noble a drunken guest ordered one of Duttac's
disciples to take a gold ring and a lump of meat to his house. While the young
man was on this errand he stopped at a churchyard to pray for the dead and a
kite flew down and took the ring and the meat from the tombstone on which they
had been laid. When Duthac was told of this calamity he prayed to God and the
bird flew down to the saint and deposited the stolen articles at his fleet. The
ring was restored to the young man but the kite was allowed to consume the meat
as a reward for his obedience.
There is another story concerning meat, this time it is about a portion of meat
sent by a Canon of Dornoch to the Bishop. He had just killed an ox and
dispatched a piece as a present, the bearer being guided by a light like a lamp
going before him so that Duthac received the gift the next day still fresh.
When he died in 1065 he was buried at Tain which is called in the Gaelic Baile
Duich, Cuthac's Town, and his tomb became a place of pilgrimage, James IV
making three visits. Among his relics were his bell and a shirt which was
believed to give the wearer miraculous protection. He has a holy well at
Cromarty (Barrett, Forbes, Towill).
SOURCE : https://celticsaints.org/2014/0308d.html
Calendar
of Scottish Saints – Saint Duthac, Bishop, A.D. 1068
Article
8
March. This saint was of Scottish birth, but was educated, like many of his
contemporaries, in Ireland. Returning to his native land, he was consecrated
bishop, and devoted himself with zeal to the pastoral office. He is said to
have especially shown this devotion in hearing the confessions of his people.
He laboured as bishop in the districts of Moray and Ross. Both during life and
after death he was noted for many miracles. He was buried in the church of
Tain, whose Gaelic title is Baile Dhuich (Duthac’s Town). Seven years after
death his body was found incorrupt, and was removed to a more honourable shrine
in the same church. His resting-place became one of the chief places of
pilgrimage in the country. James IV visited it no less than three times, travelling
thither with a large retinue. At that date Saint Duthac’s Bell was treasured at
Tain. Saint Duthac is patron of Kilduich, at the head of Loch Duich in Kintail.
The saint probably visited this spot, which belonged to his pastoral charge.
Kilduthie, near the Loch of Leys, Kincardineshire, and Arduthie, near
Stonehaven, in the same county, both take their names from this saint. A chapel
in the Benedictine Abbey of Arbroath bore the dedication of Saint Duthac. Two
fairs called after him were held annually at Tain – “Saint Duthac in Lent” was
on his feast-day; that in December probably indicated some translation of his
relics. At Tain is Saint Duthac’s Cairn. A holy well bears his name in the
parish of Cromarty. Leo XIII restored his feast in 1898.
MLA
Citation
Father Michael
Barrett, OSB.
“Saint Duthac, Bishop, A.D. 1068”. The Calendar of
Scottish Saints, 1919. CatholicSaints.Info.
2 February 2014. Web. 8 March 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/calendar-of-scottish-saints-saint-duthac-bishop-a-d-1068/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/calendar-of-scottish-saints-saint-duthac-bishop-a-d-1068/
March 8
St. Duthak, Bishop of
Ross, in Scotland, Confessor
HIS zeal and labours
in preaching the word of God, his contempt of himself, his compassion for the
poor and for sinners, his extreme love of poverty, never reserving anything for
himself, and the extraordinary austerity of his life, to which he had innured himself
from his childhood, are much extolled by the author of his life. The same
writer assures us, that he was famous for several miracles and predictions, and
that he foretold an invasion of the Danes, which happened ten years after his
death, in 1263, in the reign of Alexander III. when with their king Achol, they
were defeated by Alexander Stuart, great grandfather to Robert, the first king
of that family. This victory was ascribed to the intercession of Saint Andrew
and Saint Duthak. Our saint, after longing desires of being united to God,
passed joyfully to bliss, in 1253. His relics, kept in the collegiate church of
Thane, in the county of Ross, were resorted to by pilgrims from all parts of
Scotland. Lesley, the pious bishop of Ross, (who, after remaining four years in
prison with Queen Mary, passed into France, was chosen suffragan of Rouen, by
Cardinal Bourbon, and died at Brussels, in 1591,) had an extraordinary devotion
to this saint, the chief patron of his diocess. See Lesley, Descript. Scot. p.
27. and the MS. life of St. Duthak, compiled by a Scottish Jesuit, nephew by
the mother to Bishop Lesley, and native of that diocess. See also King in
Calend.
Rev. Alban Butler
(1711–73). Volume III: March. The Lives of the Saints. 1866.
San Duthac di Ross Vescovo
Festa: 8 marzo
† 8 marzo 1050 circa
Vescovo di Ross, venerato
in Scozia per la sua vita santa e ricca di miracoli. Famoso per la sua pietà,
saggezza e doni taumaturgici, la sua tomba a Tain divenne meta di pellegrinaggi
fino alla Riforma. Il culto ripristinato nel 1898, San Duthac è ancora venerato
e le sue spoglie conservate nella Cattedrale di Sant'Andrea ad Aberdeen.
Martirologio
Romano: Nella cittadina di Tayne in Scozia, deposizione di san Duthac,
vescovo di Ross.
San Duthac, vescovo di Ross, è una figura venerata in Scozia come santo e taumaturgo. La sua fama si estende ben oltre i confini della sua diocesi, grazie alla sua vita ricca di miracoli e profezie.
Nato in Scozia, Duthac si trasferì in Irlanda per approfondire la sua formazione religiosa e culturale. In terra irlandese acquisì una tale fama di santità e dottrina che, al suo ritorno in patria, fu eletto vescovo della città di Ross, l'odierna Tain.
Durante il suo episcopato, Duthac si distinse per la sua pietà, la sua saggezza e il suo impegno pastorale. La sua fama di taumaturgo si diffuse rapidamente, grazie a numerosi miracoli che gli vennero attribuiti, come la guarigione di infermi e la protezione dalle invasioni nemiche. Si narra che Duthac predisse persino l'invasione dei Danesi del 1063, evento che sconvolse la Scozia.
Dopo la sua morte, avvenuta intorno all'anno 1050, la tomba di San Duthac a Tain divenne meta di pellegrinaggi da tutta la Scozia. Il santo era considerato un intercessore potente e la sua venerazione si diffuse in tutto il paese. La sua fama rimase intatta fino alla Riforma protestante, quando il culto dei santi cattolici fu soppresso.
Tuttavia, la devozione a San Duthac non si spense del tutto. Nel 1898, Papa Leone XIII ne ripristinò la festa liturgica e il suo culto venne nuovamente incoraggiato. Ancora oggi, San Duthac è venerato in Scozia e nella diocesi di Aberdeen, che conserva alcune delle sue reliquie.
Le sue spoglie mortali sono conservate nella Cattedrale di Sant'Andrea ad
Aberdeen, dove attirano ancora oggi pellegrini e devoti. La sua memoria è inoltre
preservata in vari toponimi scozzesi, come Kilduthie, Arduthie e Kilduich.
Autore: Franco
Dieghi
Fonte principale per la conoscenza di questo santo sono le lezioni a lui dedicate nel Breviario di Aberdeen, che ne fissa la morte intorno al 1050, l'8 marzo, giorno in cui è festeggiato. Nato in Scozia, si trasferì in Irlanda, donde tornò in patria con una formazione religiosa e culturale tale che fu eletto vescovo della città di Ross, oggi Tain (Ross.shire). Si rese celebre per miracoli e profezie. Tra l'altro avrebbe predetta l'invasione dei Danesi del 1063. Veneratissimo dagli scozzesi, prima della Riforma, la sua tomba a Tain, considerata santuario nazionale scozzese, fu meta di pellegrinaggi. Leone XIII ne ha ripristinato la festa nel 1898. E' venerato anche nella diocesi di Aberdeen che ne conserva alcune reliquie.
Secondo un documento proveniente dal priorato di sant'Andrea in Scozia, il 24 aprile 1418 James Haldenstone, priore di Sant'Andrea, indirizzò a papa Martino V una richiesta di canonizzazione di Duthac "vescovo di Ross e poi di Sant'Andrea". Se ne ignora l'esito.
Duthac è stato da qualche autore confuso con un san Dubtach, anacoreta in Irlanda, anch'egli di origine scozzese, morto, secondo gli Annali dell'Ulster, verso il 1065, del quale però mancano notizie, né vi sono ragioni valide per ritenere che il Duthac vescovo di Ross sia uno sdoppiamento dell'eremita del secolo XI.
Autore: Antonio Rimoldi
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/44310
Den hellige Duthac av
Ross (d. ~1065)
Minnedag:
8. mars
Den hellige Duthac
(Dothow, Dubtach, lat: Duthacus) ble født på 900/1000-tallet. Han var av skotsk
opprinnelse (noen kilder sier at han var irsk). Han studerte noen år i Irland,
og da han kom tilbake til Skottland, ble han vigslet til biskop. Han arbeidet noe
i Moray, men hovedsakelig i Ross, hvor hans minne er bevart i mange stedsnavn,
som Kilduthie.
Biskop Elphinstone som
var biskop av Ross før han flyttet til Aberdeen, er ansvarlig for å ha lagt til
mange historier om den hellige til Aberdeen-breviaret. Da han var ganske ung,
sendte moren ham til smeden for å be om kull ettersom ilden i huset deres hadde
gått ut. Smeden kastet foraktelig en skuffe av kull på gutten, som rolig samlet
opp de glødende kullene i forkleet og bar dem hjem uten å lide noen skade.
Noen av mirakelhistoriene
er maleriske. En gjest i et selskap drakk for mye og fikk hodepine, og han
sendte noe svinekjøtt med en av Duthacs disipler og ba om å bli helbredet. Den
unge mannen stanset på veien på en kirkegård hvor han la kjøttet på en gravstein
sammen med en gullring mens han ba for de døde. Da kom en glente og stjal dem
begge, men da Duthac fikk høre om dette, ba han til Gud, og fuglen fløy tilbake
til ham og la det stjålne gjenstandene ved hans føtter. Mannen fikk ringen
tilbake, men Duthac lot glenten spise svinekjøttet som belønning for sin
lydighet.
Det finnes en annen
historie hvor kjøtt er innblandet, denne gangen en porsjon som ble sendt av en
kannik i Dornoch til biskopen. Han hadde akkurat slaktet en okse og sendte et
stykke som en gave. Sendemannen ble ledet av et lys som en lampe som gikk foran
ham slik at da Duthac mottok gaven neste dag, var kjøttet fortsatt ferskt.
Duthac døde den 8. mars
1065 og ble gravlagt i Tayne (Tain), som på gælisk kalles Baile Duich, Duthacs
by, og hans grav ble et valfartssted. Etter syv år fant man at hans lik var
like friskt, og det ble overført til et mer praktfullt skrin. Hans skrin ble
besøkt tre ganger av kong Jakob (James) IV (1488-1513) og mange andre. William
Worcestre (ca 1415-85) beskriver Duthac som «den helgenen som regnes som den
høyest ærede i landet Ross». Han ble tilskrevet profetiske evner og skal ha
forutsagt den danske invasjonen. Blant hans relikvier var hans klokke og en
skjorte som man mente ga den som bar den, mirakuløs beskyttelse. Han har en
hellig kilde i Cromarty.
Det finnes et kapell i
ruiner i Tain i Easter Ross som man mener er bygd over det stedet hvor han ble
født. En irsk kronikør beskriver ham som Primus anamchara, praecipius
confessarius, «først blant sjelefrender og fremst blant skriftefedre», og han
æres for sin hengivenhet i å høre skriftemål og å gi åndelig veiledning til
sitt folk.
Duthac ble helligkåret
ved at hans kult ble stadfestet den 11. juli 1898 (gruppen «Adomnán av Iona og
hans atten skotske ledsagere») av pave Leo XIII (1878-1903). Hans minnedag er
8. mars. Den feires i bispedømmet Aberdeen. Det finnes dedikasjoner i Arbroath,
Kilduich og Kilduthie.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming, Farmer, Benedictines, Bunson, Index99, KIR, CSO, Patron
Saints SQPN, Infocatho, santiebeati.it, celt-saints, zeno.org - Kompilasjon og
oversettelse: p.
Per Einar Odden
Opprettet: 14. mai 2000
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/duthac
Tom Turpie, The many lives of St Duthac of Tain: Tracing the origins of a late medieval Scottish saint : https://www.ssns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Turpie_2013_Vol_44_pp_3_20.pdf
