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Saint Gobain
Irish Benedictine monk
SaintFull write-upIrelandBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 20 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
601
Died
670
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the territory of Laon in Neustria, in present-day France, Saint Gobain, priest, who, born in Ireland and become a disciple of Saint Fursey in England, left for France for love of Christ and led a hermit's life in the woods.
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 20 June as an Irish-born priest and disciple of Saint Fursey who lived as a hermit in the woods near Laon.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 20 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3109578 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Gobain (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.