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Bavo
Saint Bavo with falcon and sword, by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, late 15th century
BornAllowin
622
Hesbaye, Kingdom of the Franks
Died653
Ghent, Kingdom of the Franks
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
CanonizedPre-Congregation
FeastOctober 1
AttributesGreaves, other military or aristocratic garb, falcon, sword
PatronageGhent, Diocese of Ghent, Haarlem, Lauwe

Saint Bavo of Ghent (also known as Bavon, Allowin, Bavonius,[1] Baaf; AD 622–659) is a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint. He was the son of Pepin of Landen and the brother of saints Begga and Gertrude of Nivelles.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Tait, William (1840). Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. W. Tait. p. 298.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Ghent

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ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels. The patron of the diocese is Saint Bavo of Ghent. The diocese was erected...

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the people of Ghent have been called "Stroppendragers" (noose bearers). St. Bavo's Abbey (not to be confused with the nearby St. Bavo's Cathedral) was...

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very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium. It was begun around the mid-1420s and completed by 1432...

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Hubert van Eyck

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Altarpiece or Calvary Triptych (in the Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent) and the Devotion of the Kings (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). The latter painting was...

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Livinus

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Livinus of Ghent, was an apostle in Flanders and Brabant, venerated as a saint and martyr in the Catholic tradition and more especially at the Saint Bavo Chapel...

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Crypt

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England Crypt of Worcester Cathedral, England Crypt of Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade Netherlands Crypt of St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium Crypt of Helsinki Cathedral...

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Gertrude of Nivelles, Frankish abbess (b. c.628) November 3 – Denha I of Tikrit, Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East. Bavo of Ghent, Frankish...

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Hugh I of Ghent

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father as lord of Bornheim, of Saint-Jean Steen and as chatellenie of Ghent. He continued his families support for the abbey of Saint Bavo. Before his father...

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Saint Bavo Church

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Aardenburg, Netherlands. The church was founded in 959 by monks of the Saint Bavo's Abbey in Ghent. Due to a rise in population this small church was replaced...

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List of people from Ghent

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(born 1995) Saint Amand, Roman Catholic saint (584–675) Saint Bavo, patron saint of Ghent (589–654) Jan Boeksent, Franciscan Sculptor. Hubert van Eyck...

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October 1

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of the United States' Fiscal Year Children's Day (El Salvador, Guatemala, Sri Lanka) Christian feast day: Abai (Syriac Orthodox Church) Bavo of Ghent...

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might also include St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent. The churches in Lower Lorraine use simple alternation (pier-column) as a base of the double bay system...

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650s

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Denha I of Tikrit, Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East. Bavo of Ghent, Frankish nobleman and saint (b. 622) Han Yuan, chancellor of the Tang...

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Cope

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at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colour. A cope may be worn by any rank of the Anglican clergy, and by licensed lay ministers...

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Gustaaf Joos

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was made a member of the St Bavo Chapter in 1961. Canon Joos was a judicial vicar in ecclesiastical tribunals of the diocese of Ghent, doctor in canon...

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