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Icon of St. Bavo, Bishop of
Maastricht (the younger Saint at rt., in the icon)
Feast: October 1
Bavo
(Bavon, Baudemund, Allowin) was a selfish youth who was, however,
converted by the preaching of St. Amandus of Maastricht. A widower, he
built an abbey on his land, wherein later he was tonsured to the
angelic life. Having given away all earthly possessions, he lived for a
time in the hollow of a tree on the abbey estates, and later in a small
cell in the woods, adopting the life of a recluse. In the Sarum use
there is a solemn feast of St. Bavo, with other Saints, on Oct.
1. Holy Father Bavo, pray to God for us!
Top Icon: illumination from
the Lobbes Bible. St. Amandus is shown on the left.
Next
Icon: from the cathedral of the Moscow Patriarchate in Brussels,
Belgium. Saints of Belgium. St. Bavo is in the lower row of Saints, the
Saint farthest on the left, depicted here as a hermit with a long,
untrimmed beard.
Final
image: iconic illumination from a manuscript in the British
Library.
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