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Vedast

Frankish bishop and saint

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Feast: 6 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
453
Died
540
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

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 c. 540) 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 miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q783972 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Vedast (CC BY-SA)

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