Govan | |
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Born | c. 500 AD County Wexford, Ireland.[1] |
Died | St Govan's Chapel, Pembrokeshire 586 AD |
Venerated in | Celtic Christianity Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
Feast | 26 March (8 April Old style) |
Attributes | Celtic 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]