Vedast

Vedast (us), French and ndl. Vaast, also Wadast, Gaston, Foster ( * at Limoges; † February 6 540 in Arras, Pas- de -Calais ) was Bishop of Arras and Cambrai.

He was born in the second half of the 5th century. Around 500 put him one Remigius Bishop of Arras.

Legend and worship

Vedasts work falls into the key time to the Catholic baptism of Clovis, by the emerging Frankish kingdom, its population was partly Catholic, partly pagan, partly Arian, was a common religious basis. The tradition sees in Vedast the catechists who prepared the King on the baptism.

In Arras Vedast is a predator, symbol of the powers of chaos, have tamed and sold; therefore be holy iconographic attribute is a wolf or bear.

St Vaast is revered in Flanders and in the adjacent northern France, where his patronage is common. In particular, he is patron of the city, the Cathedral and the Diocese of Arras. He is also invoked against eye ailments. His feast day is February 6.