Arras

Venerable Alvise

• 12th century

A monk of Saint-Bertin and later Abbot of Anchin, Alvise became Bishop of Arras in 1131 under the compulsion of Pope Inn…

Blessed Frederick of Arras

Feast: January 6th • 11th century

A high-ranking lord in Verdun, Frederick renounced his titles to enter the monastery of Saint-Vannes with his friend Ric…

Georges Bellanger

Feast: August 16th • 20th century

Georges Bellanger (1861-1902) was a French priest, member of the Congregation of the Religious of Saint Vincent de Paul,…

Blessed John of Barastre

Feast: March 14th • 13th century

Jean de Barastre was the fifteenth abbot of Mont Saint-Éloi in the 13th century, highly esteemed by Saint Louis and Coun…

Blessed Lambert of Saint-Bertin

• 12th century

Raised at Saint-Bertin, Lambert became abbot in 1095 and undertook a profound reform of his monastery following a period…

Luigia Lavizzari

Feast: December 25th • 20th century

Luigia Lavizzari (1867-1931), in religion Mother Maria Caterina di Gesù Bambino, was an Italian Benedictine nun declared…

Marie-Madeleine Fontaine and 3 companions (4)

Feast: June 26th • 18th century

Four Daughters of Charity of Arras, martyred in Cambrai in 1794 for refusing to take the revolutionary oath.

Our Lady of the Ardents

In 1105, while Artois was ravaged by the epidemic of ergotism, the Virgin Mary appeared to two enemies, Itier and Norman…

Saint Thierry of Cambrai

Feast: August 5th • 9th century

Bishop of Cambrai and Arras in the 9th century, Thierry was a prelate loyal to Louis the Pious and a key actor in the co…

Saint Vedast

Feast: February 6th • 6th century

Saint Vaast was the illustrious bishop of Arras and Cambrai and the principal founder of the Christian religion in Artoi…