Saint Gobain

Saint Gobain (died 670), also known as Goban, was an Irish monk and spiritual student of Saint Fursey at Burgh Castle, Norfolk, England.

Saint Gobain
Personal life
Born	Ireland
Died	670
Cause of death	marauders (brother)
Resting place	buried in his oratory
Nationality	Irish
Other names	Goban
Relatives	brother of Saint Wasnon
Religious life
Religion	Christianity
Senior posting
Based in	Burgh Castle Norfolk, England and France
Disciple of	Saint Fursey

For other uses, see Saint Gobain (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Gobban Saer, St Gobban, St Gobhan, St Goban, or St Govan.

Church of Saint-Gobain, Aisne

Born in Ireland, he was a brother of Saint Wasnon, (to whom a church is dedicated in Condé-sur-l'Escaut). Gobain accompanied Fursey to France. Some accounts have him staying at the Abbey of Saint Vincent in Picardy,^[1] or the abbey of Corbény in Champagne,^[2] before settling in a hermitage in the forest of Voas, near the present Saint-Gobain. There he brought forth a spring by thrusting his pilgrim's staff into the ground.

In 670, Gobain was beheaded by marauders, and buried in his oratory, which became a place of pilgrimage. His feast day is observed on 20 June.

References

1. Wyard O.S.B., Robert. Histoire de l'abbaye de Saint-Vincent de Laon p. 83, (1858)
2. Rabenstein, Katherine I., "Goban (Gobain, Govan)", Saints of the Day, St. Patrick's church, Washington, D.C.

External links

• Gobán 1 at Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England