Goscelin
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Goscelin of Saint-Bertin (or Goscelin of Canterbury, born c. 1040, died in or after 1106) was a Benedictine hagiographical writer. He was a Fleming or Brabantian by birth and became a monk of St Bertin's at Saint-Omer before travelling to England to take up a position in the household of Herman, Bishop of Ramsbury in Wiltshire (1058–78). During his time in England, he stayed at many monasteries and wherever he went collected materials for his numerous hagiographies of English saints.
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- Born
- ca. 1035
- Died
- ca. 1107
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Goscelin of St Bertin
- The hagiography of the female saints of Ely
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Field of work
- patristics
- Work location
- England
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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- date of death
- 1107-01-01
- described by source
- The Catholic Encyclopedia
- date of birth
- 1035-00-00
- writing language
- Latin
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Life
- Flanders
- England
- Writing
- Works
- Flanders (St Peter's Abbey, Ghent)
- Sherborne and Wilton (Wessex)
- East Anglia
- Barking Abbey (Essex)
- St Augustine's, Canterbury
- Kentish Lives
- Notes
- Further reading
Goscelin of Saint-Bertin (or Goscelin of Canterbury, born c. 1040, died in or after 1106) was a Benedictine hagiographical writer. He was a Fleming or Brabantian by birth and became a monk of St Bertin's at Saint-Omer before travelling to England to take up a position in the household of Herman, Bishop of Ramsbury in Wiltshire (1058–78). During his time in England, he stayed at many monasteries and wherever he went collected materials for his numerous hagiographies of English saints.
==Life==
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