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Gohard of Nantes
saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 24 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
750
Died
843
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Nantes in Brittany, Saint Gohard, bishop and martyr, who, while celebrating a solemn Mass with the people in the cathedral, died together with many of the faithful, pierced by the arrows of the godless Northmen as he was singing “Sursum corda”.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 24 June as a bishop of Nantes killed by Northmen's arrows with many of the faithful while celebrating Mass in his cathedral.
Connected on this site
- John the Baptist Saint“John the Baptist, a month after the defeat of Blain, the Vikings arrived at Nantes.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 24 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3109901 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gohard (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.