Saint Goar of Aquitaine
Profile
Priest. In 519, to serve God anonymously, he migrated to the area around Trier, Germany, and became a hermit in a cell at Oberwesel on the Rhein. Well known for sanctity, prophecies, and miracles. Refused the archbishopric of Trier. Charlemagne built a stately church over Goar’s hermitage, around which the town of Saint Guvet grew on the left bank of the Rhine between Wesel and Boppard.
Born
- in Aquitaine (part of modern France)
- c.575
- hermit being given milk by hinds
- hermit with the devil on his shoulder
- hermit with the devil under his feet
- hermit with three hinds near him
- man hanging his hat on a sunbeam
- man holding a pitcher
- man holding the church of Saint Goar am Rhein
MLA Citation
- “Saint Goar of Aquitaine“. CatholicSaints.Info. 2 September 2019. Web. 27 September 2020. <>