Venerable Alvise
A monk of Saint-Bertin and later Abbot of Anchin, Alvise became Bishop of Arras in 1131 under the compulsion of Pope Inn…
Place
Arras
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10 saints associated
Blessed Frederick of Arras
A high-ranking lord in Verdun, Frederick renounced his titles to enter the monastery of Saint-Vannes with his friend Ric…
Georges Bellanger
Georges Bellanger (1861-1902) was a French priest, member of the Congregation of the Religious of Saint Vincent de Paul,…
Blessed John of Barastre
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
Raised at Saint-Bertin, Lambert became abbot in 1095 and undertook a profound reform of his monastery following a period…
Luigia Lavizzari
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)
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
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
Saint Vaast was the illustrious bishop of Arras and Cambrai and the principal founder of the Christian religion in Artoi…