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Born in Britain; died at Werden (Verden), Saxony, Germany, c. 788. Saint Patto was abbot of the Irish monastery of Anabaric in Saxony, which was established by Charlemagne about 780. Later he was consecrated bishop of Werden to succeeded its first bishop, Suibert. Because many miracles have been attributed to him, his body was exhumed in 1630, but no record was made of the result. This may have been because the remains of Bishops Suibert, Saint Tanco (f.d. February 15), Saint Patto, Cerelon, Nortrila, Saint Erlulf (f.d. February 10), and Saint Harruch (f.d. July 15), plus debris of mitres, sandals, and episcopal ornaments were all found in the same tomb. The relics were collected into a new casket and rested behind the high altar until they were taken by the bishop to Regensburg during the Swedish invasions in 1659 (Benedictines, D'Arcy, Fitzpatrick2, Kenney, Montague, O'Hanlon).


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