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Goswin of Anchin

12th-century Benedictine monk and Roman Catholic saint

Field	Value
name	Saint Goswin
birth_date	1086
death_date
feast_day	9 October
venerated_in	Roman Catholic Church
imagesize	250px
birth_place	Douai, County of Flanders
death_place	Pecquencourt, County of Flanders

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.

Goswin died of natural causes in 1165 at Pecquencourt.

References

(10 October 2008). "Saint Goswin".
"St. Goswin - Saints & Angels".

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