Saint Ava
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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.
Life
The niece of Pepin II of Aquitaine,[https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/2156/Sainte-Ava.html "Sainte Ava", Nominis] she was born on April 29, 845. She was cured of blindness by the abbess-saint Ragenfredis (French Renfroie). Ava then gave her fortune to the Church and became a Benedictine nun and, later, abbess of her monastery in the County of Hainaut, now in Belgium.
References
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External links
- [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=553 St. Ava] at Catholic Online
- [http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=008wPP Today's Saints, April 29]
- Reference.com St. Ava's history
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Category:Belgian Roman Catholic saints
Category:9th-century Christian saints
Category:Christian female saints of the Middle Ages
Category:9th-century French women
Category:9th-century French people
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