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Also known as

• Atilanus
• Attilano

Memorial

• 5 October
• 6 October (Benedictines)
• 3 October on some calendars
• 28 August (Tarragona, Spain)

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Benedictine monk. Friend and spiritual student of Saint Froilan with whom he founded the monastery of Moreruela, Spain. Prior. Bishop of Zamora, Spain, and area that had been under Moorish occupation, on Whit-Sunday in 990.

Born

• c.939 at Tarazona, Spain

Died

• 1009 in Zamora, Castilla y León, Spain of natural causes
• relics in Saint Peter’s church, Zamora

Canonized

• 1095 by Pope Urban II

Patronage

• Zamora, Spain, diocese of

MLA Citation

• “Saint Attilanus of Zamora“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 November 2023. Web. 19 April 2024. <>