Saint Ghislain

Saint

Ghislain
Dutch Book of Prayers from the mid-fifteenth century. Ghislain is the figure on the far right, holding a church.
Died9 October 680
Venerated in
Feast9 October
Attributesrepresented with a bear or bear's cub beside him
Patronageinvoked 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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