Gobrien de Vannes

Saint Gobrien de Vannes was a Breton churchman, nineteenth Bishop of Vannes, in the eighth century. His feast is 10 November.

Biography

Gobrien was born around 660 in the region of Vannes. He was trained in religious life in the monastery of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys abbey. In Vannes, he was ordained priest and on the death of the bishop he was elected to take his place. Healer, he performed miracles. He healed many patients with "burning pain" or "sacred fire". At the end of his life, he retired to a hermitage near Josselin, where his body was deposited in the chapel of Saint-Gobrien of Saint-Servant in 725.

According to legend it was necessary to deposit a handful of nails on the tomb, in the chapel and when the nail is rusted, the patient is cured.

Bibliography

• Liste chronologique des évêques de Vannes, diocèse de Vannes.
• Éloge et pratique des saints guérisseurs, Michèle Brocard