SAINT
saint-goswin-of-anchin
A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Goswin 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.
feast Day
10-09
birth Date
1086
death Date
1165-10-09
canonization Status
canonized
feast Month
10
feast Day Of Month
9