Saint Govan

Saint

Govan
St Govan's Chapel, Pembrokeshire, built above the hermitage cell in the 13th century.
Bornc. 500 AD
County Wexford, Ireland.
Died586 AD
St Govan's Chapel, Pembrokeshire
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. St. Govan's Chapel was built in the fissure in the 13th century on what is now known as St. Govan's Head.

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