Saint Ava was a Benedictine abbess and is a Roman Catholic saint. Ava is commemorated on April 29; she is a patron saint of the blind.
Life The niece of Pepin II of Aquitaine,"Sainte Ava", Nominis she was born on April 29, 845. She was cured of blindness by the abbess-saint Ragenfredis (French Renfroie). Ava then gave her fortune to the Church and became a Benedictine nun and, later, abbess of her monastery in the County of Hainaut, now in Belgium.
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External links St. Ava at Catholic Online Today's Saints, April 29 Reference.com St. Ava's history