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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Vedast, bishop of Arras, ob. 540

Saint ID

S01900

Number in BH

BHL 8501-8519

Reported Death Not Before

540

Reported Death Not After

540

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , "Confessors", Missionaries
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04670The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 6 February.
E04973The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 1 October.
E07670The Latin Life of *Vedast (bishop of Arras, ob. 540, S01900), possibly by Jonas of Bobbio, records the life, miracles, death and burial of the saint in Arras (north-east Gaul). Written possibly at Marchiennes (north-east Gaul) in c. 650.