St Vedast Foster Lane

St. Vedast Foster Lane
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LocationLondon, EC2
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationChurch of England
Previous denominationRoman Catholic
Architecture
Heritage designationGrade I listed building
Architect(s)Sir Christopher Wren
StyleBaroque
Administration
DioceseLondon
Clergy
RectorRevd Paul Kennedy
Curate(s)Revd Robert Pfeiffer

Saint Vedast Foster Lane or Saint Vedast-alias-Foster, a church in Foster Lane, in the City of London, is dedicated to St. Vedast (Foster is an Anglicisation of the name "Vaast", as the saint is known in continental Europe),[1] a French saint whose cult arrived in England through contacts with Augustinian clergy.

  1. ^ Wheatley, Henry Benjamin (1893). Literary Blunders: A Chapter in the "History of Human Error". London: Elliot Stock. pp. 13–15.