Saint Gobain | |
|---|---|
| Personal life | |
| Born | |
| Died | 670 |
| Cause of death | marauders (brother) |
| Resting place | buried in his oratory |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Other names | Goban |
| Relatives | brother of Saint Wasnon |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Burgh Castle Norfolk, England and France |
| Disciple of | Saint Fursey |
Saint Gobain (died 670), also known as Goban, was an Irish monk and spiritual student of Saint Fursey at Burgh Castle, Norfolk, England.
Born in Ireland, he was a brother of Saint Wasnon, (to whom a church is dedicated in Condé-sur-l'Escaut). Gobain accompanied Fursey to France. Some accounts have him staying at the Abbey of Saint Vincent in Picardy, [1] or the abbey of Corbény in Champagne, [2] before settling in a hermitage in the forest of Voas, near the present Saint-Gobain. There he brought forth a spring by thrusting his pilgrim's staff into the ground.
In 670, Gobain was beheaded by marauders, and buried in his oratory, which became a place of pilgrimage. His feast day is observed on 20 June.
