Saint Isbergue (Giselle)
Daughter of Pepin the Short and sister of Charlemagne, Saint Isbergue refused several royal alliances to dedicate herself to God. Struck by …
Patronage
Artois
3 saints
Our Lady of the Ardents
In 1105, while Artois was ravaged by the epidemic of ergotism, the Virgin Mary appeared to two enemies, Itier and Norman. She gave them a mi…
Saint Vedast
Saint Vaast was the illustrious bishop of Arras and Cambrai and the principal founder of the Christian religion in Artois. After evangelizin…