Saint Ava of Denain

Also known as

• Avia of Denain
• Avia of Dinant
• Ava of Dinant

Memorial

• 29 April

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Niece of King Pepin the Short. Blind as a child, she was miraculously healed by Saint Rainfredis. Nun a Denain, Hainault (in modern Belgium), and later served as its abbess.

Died

• c.845

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by Terri Morgan
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ava of Denain“. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 April 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>