Vedast of Arras

Holy Hierarch Vedast of Arras was Bishop of Arras and Cambrai in northern France for nearly forty years, and he reposed around the year 540. He preached with Saint Remigius to convert the Franks and, after the victory at Tolbiac, instructed King Clovis for baptism. He built churches and cared for the poor. Opinions differ whether the see was entrusted to him by Remigius, as tradition holds, or whether he was rather an itinerant bishop. In France he is called Vaast or Gaston, and in English Foster. He is venerated as a saint of the undivided Church and is commemorated on 6 February (new calendar).