Godardus

St. Godard of Rouen (also known as St. Gildard) (448AD - c.514), was a bishop of Rouen and saint of the Catholic Church with a feast day on 8 June.

Biography

Godard was born in 448 in Salency to noble parents. His father Nectar (or Nectardus) was a Frankish warrior of the court of Childeric I, and his wife Protagie (or Protagia), a Gallo-Roman who converted her future husband to Christianity in exchange for marriage.[1] He was the twin brother of Saint Médard and they also had a sister, St. Médrine.

He was bishop of Rouen around 490AD.[2] He helped Remi of Reims in the conversion of Clovis and attended the baptism in 496AD.[3] In 511, he participated in the Council of Orleans.

His body is buried in the tradition of St. Godard church in Rouen.[4] According to Farin, it was kept until 841 in Rouen Cathedral before being moved to the Saint-Médard de Soissons to rest beside his brother.[5] His relics were carried in Soissons between 838 and 841.[6] In 1090, Odo, Abbot of Saint-Médard, donated an arm of St. Godard to Saint-Ouen abbey of Rouen[7] and was for some time patron of the city of Rouen.[8]

References

  1. ↑ François Farin, Histoire de la ville de Rouen, Rouen, Louis du Souillet, 1731, « Histoire de l'église cathédrale de Rouen », p. 133
  2. ↑ François Lemoine et Jacques Tanguy, Rouen aux 100 clochers : Dictionnaire des églises et chapelles de Rouen (avant 1789), Rouen, PTC, 2004, 200 p. (ISBN 2-906258-84-9, OCLC 496646300), « Saint-Godard », p. 51
  3. ↑ François Lemoine et Jacques Tanguy, Rouen aux 100 clochers : Dictionnaire des églises et chapelles de Rouen (avant 1789), Rouen, PTC, 2004, 200 p. (ISBN 2-906258-84-9, OCLC 496646300), « Saint-Godard », p. 51
  4. ↑ François Lemoine et Jacques Tanguy, Rouen aux 100 clochers : Dictionnaire des églises et chapelles de Rouen (avant 1789), Rouen, PTC, 2004, 200 p. (ISBN 2-906258-84-9, OCLC 496646300), « Saint-Godard », p. 51
  5. ↑ François Farin, Histoire de la ville de Rouen, Rouen, Louis du Souillet, 1731, « Histoire de l'église cathédrale de Rouen », p. 133
  6. ↑ La Neustrie, tome 2, p. 16.
  7. ↑ François Farin, Histoire de la ville de Rouen, Rouen, Louis du Souillet, 1731, « Histoire de l'église cathédrale de Rouen », p. 133
  8. ↑ François Farin, Histoire de la ville de Rouen, Rouen, Louis du Souillet, 1731, « Histoire de l'église cathédrale de Rouen », p. 133


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