Saint Ghislain

Saint

Ghislain
Saint; Ghislain
	Dutch Book of Prayers from the mid-fifteenth century. Ghislain is the figure on the far right, holding a church.
Died	9 October 680
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church;
Feast	9 October
Attributes	represented with a bear or bear's cub beside him
Patronage	invoked against convulsions from children

Ghislain (died 9 October 680) was a confessor and anchorite in Belgium. He died at the town named after him, Saint-Ghislain.

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