Goswin of Anchin

Goswin (French: Gossuin) 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.^[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]

Saint Goswin
Born	1086 Douai, County of Flanders
Died	9 October 1165(1165-10-09) (aged 78–79) Pecquencourt, County of Flanders
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Feast	9 October

Goswin died of natural causes in 1165 at Pecquencourt.