Vedast of Arras

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Vedast of Arras was a 6th-century Frankish bishop and Christian saint venerated for his missionary work in northern Gaul and his role in the early evangelization of the region around Arras.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint
Frankish bishop
missionary
associatedWith Merovingian Franks NERFINISHED
early medieval Gaul
centuryOfActivity 6th century
countryOfCitizenship Frankish Kingdom NERFINISHED
era early Middle Ages
feastDay 6 February
hasAttribute bishop’s crozier
book
mitre
wolf (in some iconography)
hasCultCenter Abbey of Saint-Vaast, Arras NERFINISHED
Arras Cathedral NERFINISHED
hasLatinName Vedastus NERFINISHED
hasVariantName Foster NERFINISHED
Gast NERFINISHED
Vaast NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Saint
influenced Christianization of northern Gaul NERFINISHED
knownFor missionary work in northern Gaul
role in early evangelization of the region around Arras
languageOfName Latin
Old French
notableWork early evangelization of northern Gaul
missionary work around Arras
occupation bishop
missionary
patronage Arras NERFINISHED
Cambrai NERFINISHED
diocese of Arras NERFINISHED
placeOfActivity Arras NERFINISHED
Cambrai NERFINISHED
northern Gaul
region around Arras
positionHeld Bishop of Arras
Bishop of Cambrai
region Gaul NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
tradition Latin Church NERFINISHED
typeOfCanonization pre-congregation
veneratedAs saint
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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