Saint Ava Explained

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,[1] she was born on April 29, 845. She was cured of blindness by Saint Remfroye. Ava then gave her fortune to the Church and became a Benedictine nun, and later, abbess of her monastery in the County of Hainaut in what is now known as Belgium.

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Notes and References

  1. https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/2156/Sainte-Ava.html "Sainte Ava", Nominis