| Saint Goswin | |
| Birth Date: | 1086 |
| Death Date: | 1165 |
| Feast Day: | 9 October |
| Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church |
| Birth Place: | Douai, County of Flanders |
| Death Place: | Pecquencourt, County of Flanders |
Goswin was a Benedictine abbot. Born in Douai in 1082, then in the County of Flanders and since 1668 in France, he studied in Paris and afterwards returned to Douai to teach theology.[1] Goswin then entered Anchin Abbey in 1113, in Pecquencourt, near his hometown, and became a Benedictine monk. In 1130 he was made abbot of Anchin Abbey.[2]
Goswin died of natural causes in 1165 at Pecquencourt.