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Goswin of Anchin

Goswin of Anchin

12th-century Benedictine monk and Roman Catholic saint

Goswin was a Benedictine abbot. Born in Douai in 1082, then in the County of Flanders and since 1668 in France, he studied in Paris and afterwards returned to Douai to teach theology.[1] 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.[2]

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Goswin died of natural causes in 1165 at Pecquencourt.

References

  1. [1]
    "Saint Goswin". 10 October 2008.
  2. [2]
    "St. Goswin - Saints & Angels".
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