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| CATEGORIES ABOUT SAINT BAVO | |
| 589 births | |
| bavo | |
| 654 deaths | |
| belgian christians | |
| belgian saints | |
| french saints | |
| pippinid dynasty | |
| people from liege city | |
| frankish people | |
| hermits | |
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LIFE Bavo was born near Liège , Belgium , to a Frankish noblefamily that gave him the name Allowin. Wild as a youth and selfish, he was known to have sold servants to local nobles as slaves. Bavo was converted to Christianity upon hearing a sermon preached by Saint Amand . He built an Abbey on his grounds and became a Monk . He distributed his belongings to the poor and lived as a recluse, first in a hollow tree, later in a cell in the forest near the Abbey. He died at St. Bavo's Abbey in Ghent , in today's Belgium . RECOGNITION Bavo is the Patron Saint of Ghent , Belgium and Haarlem , the Netherlands . Memorial Day: October 1 . Several churches are dedicated to him, including:
His picture is also part of the Coat Of Arms of the Antwerp suburb Wilrijk . |
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