Godfried Coart

Godfried Coart (Melveren, 1512 - Den Briel, July 9, 1572) was a Franciscan monk and one of the martyrs of Gorcum.

St. Godfried of Mervel, O.F.M.
Religious, priest and martyr
BornMelveren
Died9 July 1572
Brielle, Spanish Netherlands
Beatified14 November 1675 by Pope Clement X
Canonized29 june 1865 by Pope Pius IX
Major shrineBrielle, South Holland, Netherlands
Feast9 july

Synonyms

Godfrey of Mervel. Mervel is an old name for Melveren, near Sint-Truiden (Belgium). Godefridus Mervellanus, name in Latin Godefroid Mervellan, name in French.

Life

Godfried Coart was a descendant of the noble Coart family in the Principality of Liège. He grew up at the castle of Melveren. After his ordination as a priest, he worked as a sexton in the Franciscan convention in Gorinchem. He printed pictures of the saints that he distributed. He also painted.

After his martyrdom (1572), the Coart family developed a worship for him. Since then, the family father has always been given the first name Godfried. The street where the castle of Melveren stands has been renamed Sint-Godfriedstraat.

Authority

Content in this edit is translated from the existing Dutch Wikipedia article at nl:Godfried Coart; see its history for attribution.

See also
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