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Saint Ava
Roman Catholic saint
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Feast: 29 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
899
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Ava was a Benedictine abbess and is a Roman Catholic saint. Ava is commemorated on April 29; she is a patron saint of the blind.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Nominis (Conférence des évêques de France), 'Sainte Ava' — Nominis carries 'Sainte Ava, vénérée à Denain dans le nord de la France (IXe siècle)' — the Benedictine abbess of Denain, niece of Pepin, commemorated on 29 April (the feast in the entry) and invoked as a patron of the b
- Wikidata Q7401011 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Ava (CC BY-SA)
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