Saint Goswin | |
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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, he studied in Paris and afterwards returned to Douai to teach theology. [1] Goswin then entered Anchin Abbey in 1113, in Pecquencourt, near his hometown, and became a Benedictine monk. In 1130 he was made abbot of Anchin Abbey. [2]
Goswin died of natural causes in 1165 at Pecquencourt.
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