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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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Key facts

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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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Villac
Place of death
Arras
Occupation
Catholic priest
Religion
Catholic Church
Image
Saintvedast.jpg
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Commons category
Vedast
date of birth
0453-01-01
date of death
0540-01-01
canonization status
saint
name in native language
Vaast
feast day
February 6
subject has role
bishop
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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Career
  • Hagiography
  • Death and veneration
  • Patronage
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • External links

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.

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vedast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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