Goswin of Anchin

Saint Goswin
Born 1086
Douai, County of Flanders
Died 1165
Pecquencourt, County of Flanders
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church
Feast 9 October

Goswin was a Benedictine abbot. Born in Douai in 1082, then in the County of Flanders and since 1668 in France. Goswin studied in Paris and afterwards returned to Douai to teach theology.[1] He then entered Anchin Abbey in 1113, and became a Benedictine monk. In 1130 he was made abbot of the Anchin Abbey in Pecquencourt near his hometown.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-goswin/
  2. ↑ http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3602
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