Saint Aubert of Arras

Also known as

• Aubert of Cambrai
• Albert
• Audebertus
• Authbert
• Autbertus
• Obrecht

Memorial

• 13 December

Profile

Bishop of the diocese of Arras, France in 603. Built churches and founded several monasteries in Flanders and Hainault in Belgium. Accepted the vows of Saint Waltrude. Advisor to King Dagobert on both spiritual and temporal matters.

Died

• c.669 of natural causes
• buried in the church of Saint Peter near Cambrai, France
• relics move to the Church of Our Lady in Cambrai in 888
• re-interred in the church of Saint Autbertus in Cambrai in 1015

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• bakers
• confectioners

Representation

• bishop with loaves of bread
• baker’s peel
• with a donkey laden with bread

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aubert of Arras”. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 December 2012. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-aubert-of-arras/>