Vedast

Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast (in Flemish, Norman and Picard) or Saint Waast (also in Picard and Walloon), Saint Gaston in French, and Foster in English (died ) was an early bishop in the Frankish realm. After the victory of Tolbiac Vedast helped instruct the Frankish king Clovis in the Christian faith of his wife, Queen Clotilde.

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The registers of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, and of St. Michael le Quern, London
The registers of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, and of St. Michael le Quern, London

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Saint.honorific_prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Vedast
Saint.birth_date: c. 453
Saint.death_date: 540
Saint.feast_day: February 6
Saint.venerated_in: Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Saint.image: Saintvedast.jpg
Saint.imagesize: 250px
Saint.caption: The ordination of Saint Vedast
Saint.birth_place: France
Saint.canonized_date: Pre-Congregation
Saint.attributes: a child at his feet; a bear; bishop with a wolf carrying a goose in its mouth
Saint.patronage: invoked on behalf of children who walk with difficultyfor diseases of the eyesdiocese of Arras, Boulogne and Saint-Omer, FranceFrance

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Image: Saintvedast.jpg

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Commons category: Vedast
date of birth: 0453-01-01
date of death: 0540-01-01
name in native language: Vaast

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Career
Hagiography
Death and veneration
Patronage
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Opinions differ as to whether Remigius, bishop of Reims, entrusted the diocese of Arras and diocese of Cambrai to Vedast as is traditionally held, or if Vedast was more an itinerant bishop without a specific see.