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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Vedast of Arras canonical 1
Vedastus of Arras 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian saint ⓘ
Frankish bishop ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
associatedWith Merovingian Franks ⓘ
linked to: Merovingian dynasty

early medieval Gaul ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 6th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Frankish Kingdom ⓘ
era early Middle Ages ⓘ
feastDay 6 February ⓘ
hasAttribute bishop’s crozier ⓘ
book ⓘ
mitre ⓘ
wolf (in some iconography) ⓘ
hasCultCenter Abbey of Saint-Vaast, Arras ⓘ
Arras Cathedral ⓘ
hasLatinName Vedastus ⓘ
hasVariantName Foster ⓘ
Gast ⓘ
Vaast ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
influenced Christianization of northern Gaul ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Cambrai ⓘ
diocese of Arras ⓘ
linked to: Diocese of Arras
placeOfActivity Arras ⓘ
Cambrai ⓘ
northern Gaul ⓘ
region around Arras ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Arras ⓘ
Bishop of Cambrai ⓘ
region Gaul ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
tradition Latin Church ⓘ
typeOfCanonization pre-congregation ⓘ
veneratedAs saint ⓘ
veneratedIn Anglican Communion ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Vaast → hasVariantName → Vedastus of Arras ⓘ
linked to: Vedast of Arras