Goswin

Quick Facts

Intro

Benedictine abbot

Places

France

was

Cleric Abbot

Work field

Religion

Gender

Male

Birth

1086

Place of birth

Douai, France

Death

1165

Place of death

Pecquencourt, France

Age

79 years

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

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. 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.

Goswin died of natural causes in 1165 at Pecquencourt in northern France.

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