June 20th

Blessed Gobain

Blessed · Common of Hermits · Saint-Gobain, near Laon, France

In the district of Laon in Neustria, Saint Gobain, priest, who, born in Ireland and having become a disciple of Saint Fursey in England, set out for Gaul for the love of Christ and led the life of a hermit in the forests.

Latin Original

In pago Laudunénsi Néustrize, sancti Gobáni, presbyteri, qui in Hibérnia natus et in Anglia sancti Fusci discípulus efféctus, ob C ——H———————ÓMÀM Bá DINGEN AS GM CORAN S Mic eal Christi amórem in. Gálliam proféctus est et in silvis eremíticam duxit vitam.