Saint Ava

Saint Ava is a Roman Catholic saint. Ava was the daughter of Pepin. She was cured of blindness by St. Rainfredis. She then became a Benedictine nun at Dinart, Hainaut, located today in Belgium, and was elected abbess c. 845.

Her feast day is April 29.

References

  • Bunson, Matthew (2003). Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saint. Our Sunday Visitor. p. 138. ISBN 1-931709-75-0.
  • St. Ava at Catholic Online
  • Today's Saints, April 29


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