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Goeznovius
Medieval bishop
Feast: 25 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Goeznovius (died c. 675 according to one account but more probably fl. sixth century.), also known as Goueznou, was a Cornish-born Bishop of Léon in Brittany, who is venerated as a saint in the region around Brest and the diocese of Léon. According to his Legenda he was born in Cornwall and became one of many of his countrymen who moved to the continent in the wake of the Anglo-Saxon invasions and helped found the Brittonic settlement in Armorica that became established as Brittany. His feast day is celebrated on 25 October.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
- Wikidata Q251442 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Goeznovius (CC BY-SA)
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