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Saint Bavo
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 1 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
589
Died
654
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Ghent in Flanders, in present-day Belgium, Saint Bavo, monk, who was a disciple of Saint Amand; having abandoned the world, he distributed his goods to the poor and withdrew to the monastery founded in this place.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 1 October as a disciple of Saint Amand who gave his goods to the poor and became a monk at Ghent.
Connected on this site
- Begga Saint Brother or sister
- Gertrude of Nivelles Saint Brother or sister
- Itta of Metz Saint Parent, Mother
- Pepin of Landen Saint Parent, Father
- Sainte Adeltrude Saint Child
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q457903 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Bavo of Ghent (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.