Saint Govan


Govan
St Govan's Chapel, Pembrokeshire, built above the hermitage cell in the 13th century.
Bornc. 500 AD
County Wexford, Ireland.[1]
DiedSt Govan's Chapel, Pembrokeshire
586 AD
Venerated inCeltic Christianity
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Feast26 March (8 April Old style)
AttributesCeltic Rite

Saint Govan (Welsh: Gofan; died 586) was a hermit who lived in a fissure on the side of coastal cliff near Bosherston, in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Wales.[2] St. Govan's Chapel was built in the fissure in the 13th century on what is now known as St. Govan's Head.[2]

  1. ^ "St Govan's Chapel". Monkton Rectorial Benefice part of the Anglican (Episcopalian) Church in Wales in the Diocese of St Davids. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Manners, Sarah (25 September 2008). "The holy wells of Wales". Western Mail. Wales. Retrieved 19 December 2009.