Goswin of Anchin
Saint Goswin | |
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| Born | 1086 Douai, County of Flanders |
| Died | 1165 Pecquencourt, County of Flanders |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 9 October |
Goswin was a Benedictine abbot. Born in Douai in 1082, then in the County of Flanders and since 1668 in France. Goswin studied in Paris and afterwards returned to Douai to teach theology.[1] He then entered Anchin Abbey in 1113, and became a Benedictine monk. In 1130 he was made abbot of the Anchin Abbey in Pecquencourt near his hometown.[2]
Goswin died of natural causes in 1165 at Pecquencourt in northern France.
