Around 650 Saint Amand founded two abbeys in Ghent: the Saint Peter Abbey ( Blandinium ) and the Saint Bavo Abbey.

Today, the belfry and the towers of the Saint Bavo Cathedral and Saint Nicholas ' Church are just a few examples of the skyline of the period.

The Saint Bavo Abbey was abolished, torn down, and replaced with a fortress for Spanish troops.

Interesting highlights are the Saint Bavo Cathedral with the Ghent Altarpiece, the belfry, the Gravensteen castle, and the splendid architecture along the old Graslei harbour.

Shortly afterwards, he began his only surviving documented work, the Ghent Altarpiece in the Saint Bavo Cathedral.

He died on 18 September 1426 and was buried in Saint Bavo ’ s Cathedral.

According to a tradition from the 16th century, his arm was preserved as a relic in a casket above the portal of Saint Bavo of Ghent.

This Grote Kerk or Sint-Bavokerk was originally a parish church devoted to Maria, but was later named after the patron saint of Haarlem, Saint Bavo, who descended from Heaven regularly to free the Haarlemmers from invaders, most recently when the Kennemers and West-Friesians attacked in 1274.

Saint Bavo saves Haarlem from the Kennemers.

This makes it quite confusing for tourists, because Haarlem also has another Cathedral of Saint Bavo, situated on the Leidsevaart.

Cathedral of Saint Bavo

As this church grew, a new cathedral, again called the Cathedral of Saint Bavo, was built at the Leidsevaart ( canal to Leiden ) in 1898.

-The patron Saint of Nuth is St. Bavo, after which the parish is named.

The skyline of Rijsbergen is dominated by the neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church of Saint Bavo, which was built in 1918 as a replacement of a smaller fourteenth century church.

Bigardis was originally a dependency of the Abbey of Saint Bavo in Ghent, but by 1125, nuns under the leadership of Saint Wivina had founded a religious community there.

It was once in the Joost Vijdt chapel at Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium, but was later moved for security reasons to the chapel of the cathedral.

Their demands met, the Vikings left without devastating the territory, as recorded in the Annales Bertiniani and the Miracula sancti Bavonis, a life of Saint Bavo.

Finely embroidered cope, Saint Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, 15th century.

The monastery at Ghent was founded by Saint Bavo, who was inspired by Amand's preaching.

Another Haarlem church called the Cathedral of Saint Bavo now serves as the main cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam.

A common theory about the building is that the rounded feature to the left of centre, terminating at the top in a turret and cross, represents the lance of Saint George ( patron saint of Catalonia, Gaudi's home ), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.

The Saint Albert the Great Science Academy in San Carlos City, Pangasinan, which offers preschool, elementary and high school education, takes pride in having St. Albert as their patron saint.

It is against this background that two religious orders or congregations, one of men and one of women, when founded in the Milan area during the 13th and 15th centuries, took Saint Ambrose as their patron and hence adopted his name.

One well known member of this religious and ethnic community is Saint Abo, martyr and the patron saint of Tbilisi, Georgia.

However, the presence of a vigorous population of Celtic lineage, principally of Irish origin, has supported the creation of other celebrations of beer, often for marketing purposes, such as Saint Patrick's Day ( Día de San Patricio ), patron of Ireland, which is celebrated with abundant libations.

She was also a patron of Renaissance humanism, and a friend of the great scholars Erasmus of Rotterdam and Saint Thomas More.

The arms reflect legends about Glasgow's patron saint, Saint Mungo, and include four emblems-the bird, tree, bell, and fish-as remembered in the following verse:

Saint Herman of Alaska ( born 1756 or 1760 in Serpukhov, Russia – died December 13 or November 15, 1837 on Spruce Island, Alaska ) was one of the first Eastern Orthodox missionaries to the New World, and is considered by Orthodox Christians to be the patron saint of the Americas.

Tomas O ' Daly and Miguel Kirwan were partners in the " Hacienda San Patricio ", which they named after the patron saint of Ireland, Saint Patrick.

She is venerated by the Roman Catholic Church as Saint Hedwig, where she is the patron saint of queens.

The grant itself is addressed directly to Saint Andrew, the patron saint of the church, a usage parallelled by other charters in the same archive.

Northumberland's patron saint, Saint Cuthbert, was a monk and later Abbot of the monastery, and his miracles and life are recorded by the Venerable Bede.

He is venerated as Saint Luke, patron saint of artists, physicians, surgeons, students, butchers ; his feast day is 18 October.

* 1417 – Saint Nicholas of Flüe, patron saint of Switzerland ( d. 1487 )

Wrapped in scarlet cloth and drawn by three yoke of oxen that were caparisoned in white with the red cross of Saint George, the city's patron, it carried a crucifix so massive it took four men to step it in place, like a ship's mast.

* 1912 – First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius.

Around 1121, Pierre Abélard, a Benedictine monk at Saint Denis Basilica, turned his attention to the story of their patron saint, and disentangled the three different Dionysiuses.

Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of pawnbrokers.

Pope Saint Stephen I is the patron of Hvar.

Saint Agnes is the patron saint of young girls.

He is the patron saint of tin-miners, and is also generally regarded as the patron saint of Cornwall, although Saint Michael and Saint Petroc also have some claim to this title.