Godfried Coart

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St. Godfried of Mervel, O.F.M.
Religious, priest and martyr
Born	Melveren
Died	9 July 1572 Brielle, Spanish Netherlands
Beatified	14 November 1675 by Pope Clement X
Canonized	29 june 1865 by Pope Pius IX
Major shrine	Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands
Feast	9 july

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

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[]

• Martyrs of Gorcum
• Coart family