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Book of Hours Use of Netherlands Calendar, October
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1media/BoHNBackgroundf11r.jpg2020-10-08T12:29:30-07:00Saint Bavo of Ghent5plain2020-10-08T14:34:10-07:00Saint Bavo of Ghent (622–659), was born near Liège, the son of Pepin of Landin and Itta of Metz, and the brother of saints Begga and Gertrude of Nivelles. This Frankish noble family gave him the name Allowin also known as Bavon, Bavonius, and Baaf. He was a Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox saint. He died at the Abbey in Ghent.
Bavo is the patron saint of Ghent, Zellick, and Lauwe in Belgium, and Haarlem in the Netherlands. He is most often shown in Christian art as a knight with a sword and a falcon, hence, he came to be considered the patron saint of falconry. In medieval Ghent, taxes were paid on Bavo's feast day, and it is for this reason that he is often shown holding a purse or money bag.
