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25th JUNE: ST GOHARD AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS

1. Gohard, a man described as “innocent and filled with all piety”,was bishop of Nantes, France, when in 843 Vikings raided the city.

Upon their approach on 24th June, monks from abbeys outside Nantes fled into the city
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2. and joined other refugees packed within the walls of Nantes’ Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul.

There Gohard celebrated Mass for the Solemnity of the Nativity of St John the Baptist.

The Vikings entered the city and stormed the cathedral,
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3. breaking down its doors and smashing the windows. The bishop was beginning the Preface before the Eucharistic Prayer with the words, “Sursum corda” (“Lift up your hearts”), when the Vikings slew him in the sanctuary.

The pagan invaders proceeded to massacre a large number of
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