# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vedast
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:41:20.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vedast"
name: "Vedast"
slug: "vedast"
description: "Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast or Saint Waast, Saint Gaston in French, and Foster in English was an early bishop in the Frankish realm. After the victory of Tolbiac Vedast helped instruct the Frankish king Clovis in the Christian faith of his wife, Queen Clotilde."
tagline: "Frankish bishop and saint"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saintvedast.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "453"
deathDate: "540"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.02
  momentum:             2.110552763819095
  historical:           11.83204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedasto_wa_Arras"
    title: "Vedasto wa Arras"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "فيديست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gast%C3%B3_d'Arr%C3%A0s"
    title: "Gastó d'Arràs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedast"
    title: "Vedast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedast"
    title: "Vedast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sankta_Vedast"
    title: "Sankta Vedast"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gast%C3%B3n_de_Arr%C3%A1s"
    title: "Gastón de Arrás"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaast_d'Arras"
    title: "Vaast d'Arras"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedastus"
    title: "Fedastus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedasto_di_Arras"
    title: "Vedasto di Arras"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedastus"
    title: "Vedastus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedast_z_Arras"
    title: "Wedast z Arras"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vedasto"
    title: "Vedasto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82"
    title: "Ведаст"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q783972"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump