Goswin of Anchin
French abbot (1085-1166)
Feast: 9 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Goswin (French: Gossuin) was a Benedictine abbot. Born in Douai in 1086, then in the County of Flanders and since 1668 in France, he studied in Paris and afterwards returned to Douai to teach theology. 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.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Benedictine Menology (Bl. Goswin of Anchin); Nominis (French bishops' conference) — Benedictine Menology: "Goswin, abbot of Anchin in Hainault"; Nominis: "Saint Goswin (+ 1165)".
- Wikidata Q1538667 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Goswin of Anchin (CC BY-SA)
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