Gobrien de Vannes
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (September 2018) |
Saint Gobrien de Vannes was a Breton churchman, nineteenth Bishop of Vannes, in the eighth century. His feast is 10 November.
Biography[edit]
Gobrien was born around 660. Guy Alexis Lobineau maintains that Gobrien was born in the region of Vannes and trained in religious life in the monastery of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys abbey. Gobrien returned to Vannes, where he was ordained priest and on the death of the bishop, he was elected to succeed.[1]
The standard clichés are told of him. He led a virtuous life, and was heedful of the poor and sick, all while attending to his pastoral duties and his own spiritual life.[1] After seventeen years as bishop, he retired to a hermitage near Josselin, where his body was deposited in the chapel of Saint-Gobrien of Saint-Servant[2] in 735.[1]
According to legend it was necessary to deposit a handful of nails on the tomb, in the chapel and when the nail is rusted, the patient is cured.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Van den Akker sj, A., "Gobrian Vannes", Heiligen
- ^ "Chapelle de Saint-Gobrien - Monument à Saint-Servant". France-Voyage.com (in French). Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ^ "The Chapel of Saint-Gobrien, Brittany". My search for magic. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
Bibliography[edit]
- Liste chronologique des évêques de Vannes, diocèse de Vannes.
- Éloge et pratique des saints guérisseurs, Michèle Brocard
External links[edit]
- "CatholicSaints.Info » Name Gobrien". Retrieved 2018-12-27.