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Gohard of Nantes
saint
SaintPre-congregation
Feast: 24 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
750
Died
843
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Gohard or Gunhard was a 9th-century bishop of Nantes, lord of Blain, saint and cephalophore martyr of the Roman Catholic Church.
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The miracles
Limited information available on this saint.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
Connected on this site
- John the Baptist Saint“John the Baptist, a month after the defeat of Blain, the Vikings arrived at Nantes.” — Wikipedia