- Vedast
Infobox Saint
name= Saint Vedast
birth_date=c. 453
death_date=~540 AD
feast_day=February 6
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church
imagesize= 250px
caption= "The ordination of Saint Vedast"
birth_place=France
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canonized_date=Pre-Congregation
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attributes=a child at his feet a bear; bishop with a wolf carrying a goose in its mouth
patronage=invoked on behalf of children who walk with difficulty
for diseases of the eyes
diocese of Arras, Boulogne and Saint-Omer,France
France
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issues=Saint Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast or Saint Waast (in Dutch) [Other variants include Foster, Gaston, and Vat.] , (died c. 540) was an early bishop in the
Frankish realm.At the beginning of the sixth century
Saint Remigius ,bishop of Reims , profited by the good will of the Frankish monarchy to organize the Catholic hierarchy in the north of Gaul. He entrusted thediocese of Arras anddiocese of Cambrai to Vedast, who had helped with the conversion of the Frankish kingClovis in 496 and been the teacher of Clovis after the victory ofTolbiac .He died and was buried at Arras, where the well-known
St. Vaast's Abbey was later founded in his honour. His feast is on6 February .Veneration
Vedast was venerated throughout
Belgium as well asEngland (from the 10th century), where he was known as "Saint Foster". The spread of his cult was aided by the presence ofAugustinians from Arras in England in the 12th century. Three ancient churches in England (inLondon ,Norwich , andTathwell ) were dedicated to him. [ [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0206.htm#veda Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of February 6 ] ]Notes
External links
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15248a.htm Vedast]
* [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0206.htm#veda Saints of February 6:Vedast]
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