Saint Goar
Ermite en Rhénanie (+575)
Prêtre originaire d'Aquitaine, il rechercha la solitude sur les bords du Rhin où "il s'enchaîna dans l'heureuse captivité du Christ qui libère." Une charmante petite cité rhénane évoque cette solitude.
Sur les bords du Rhin, entre Bingen et Coblence, saint Goar, prêtre. Originaire
d'Aquitaine, il construisit, avec les encouragements de l'évêque de Trèves, un
hospice et un oratoire pour accueillir les pèlerins et veiller au salut de
leurs âmes.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/1450/Saint-Goar.html
SAINT GOAR.
Presque toujours un personnage historique se présente
à l'imagination dans une certaine attitude qui répond à l’un des faits de sa
vie. Chacun des hommes qui se gravent dans la mémoire des autres hommes y entre
et s’y établit avec un attribut particulier qui lui vient d’un des moments de
son histoire, et le reste de sa vie apparaît presque comme un détail. Ce
point-là domine tout, le reste est dans l’ombre. Les clefs et la croix renversée
caractérisent toujours saint Pierre; l’aigle et la plume ne quittent pas saint
Jean ; saint Roch et saint Charles Boromée, sont inséparables des pestiférés
qu’ils soignaient ; Lazare est l’immortelle image de la résurrection, et
Madeleine de la pénitence. Madeleine ne peut plus être détachée de ses larmes
par le souvenir historique que Lazare du mouvement par lequel il s’est levé du
tombeau.
Si quelqu’un cherchait par quelle attitude est caractérisé
Saint Goar, si un peintre me demandait à quel moment de sa vie s’adresser pour
le fixer sur la toile, je répondrais à l’artiste, si je le croyais de force à
réaliser mon projet :
— Représente saint Goar accrochant son manteau à un
rayon du soleil.
Il n’y a rien de plus simple au monde, et c'est là que
serait pour le peintre l’immense difficulté. C’est là que doit viser l’esprit,
la simplicité.
Et je reviens sur cette vérité historique, que j’ai
déjà énoncée quelque part : c’est presque toujours à la foi et à la simplicité,
plus qu’aux autres vertus, qu’est attribué l’acte thaumaturgique. Quand
Jésus-Christ choisit saint Pierre pour sa fonction suprême, il lui dit : «
Pierre, m’aimez-vous ? » Mais quand il s’adresse aux malades, la question est
tout autre.
I1 ne dit pas aux malades : M’aimez-vous? II dit:
Croyez-vous ? C’est en général la foi qu’il excite, non pas l’amour, quand il
s'agit de faire éclater sa puissance. Et les plus grands thaumaturges ne sont
peut-être pas les plus grands contemplateurs, ce sont peut-être les croyants
les plus simples.
Saint Goar était contemporain de Clotaire Ier, fils de
Clovis. Il faut remonter un peu plus haut dans les siècles pour retrouver l’histoire
de cet homme calomnié. Mais les siècles, quand il s’agit des saints, semblent supprimer
la distance, au lieu de la grandir. On les voit mieux de très loin. La proximité les cache ; l’éloignement les montre. Nul n'est prophète en son pays;
le rapprochement qui vient du temps produit le même effet que le rapprochement
qui vient de l’espace : il cache et diminue les choses extraordinaires. Saint
Goar était donc contemporain de Clotaire.
Saint Goar, déjà prêtre, voulut se faire ermite. Il se
fit bâtir un ermitage sur les bords du Rhin, à quelques lieues de Trèves.
L’idolâtrie faisait encore autour de lui beaucoup de dupes et de victimes. Le
pays était presque barbare.
Saint Goar prêcha et guérit. Le signe de la croix et l’invocation
du nom de Jésus étaient ses armes choisies.
Son ermitage était très fréquenté des pèlerins.
Saint Goar avait pour l’hospitalité une disposition
particulière. Sans doute il se souvenait de la parole de saint Paul. Il
recevait, il aimait á recevoir les pèlerins ; il les introduisait dans le
secret de sa demeure et de son âme. Après la messe, il les invitait á sa table
; il mangeait avec eux et causait des choses divines.
Ce fut cette circonstance qui fit éclater autour de
saint Goar l’obscurité d’abord, ensuite la lumière. Deux individus, qui avaient
vu autour de sa table la multitude des pèlerins, adressèrent contre lui un
rapport à l’évêque.
« Goar, disaient-ils, fait de son ermitage un honnête
cabaret. Contrairement à la coutume des ermites, qui ne mangent habituellement
qu’à midi, ou même après vêpres, celui-ci mange de bon matin, avec une foule de
voyageurs, et prend part aux excellents festins qu’il sert á ses hôtes. Il
prêche, il est vrai; mais sa prédication cache aux yeux des hommes son intempérance,
peut-être son ivrognerie. Il faut que l’évêque avise, appelle Goar, l’interroge
et mette fin à ce relâchement qui s’étendrait dans tout le diocèse. »
Mais il arriva une chose bizarre: les deux zélés personnages
perdirent en route les aliments qu’ils avaient emportés ; ils furent dévorés
par la faim et la soif ; la lassitude les empêchait de piquer leurs chevaux ;
l’un d'eux tomba à terre à demi-mort, et tous deux attendirent le passage de
leur victime, qui arrivait à pied. Goar les fortifia, les guérit, les engagea à
estimer désormais la charité. Ils firent en chemin le repas qu’ils n’avaient
pas voulu faire à l’ermitage, et coururent à Trèves célébrer les vertus de
Goar. L’évêque, qui les avait vus partir ennemis du saint, et qui les voyait
revenir admirateurs de ce même saint, ordonna de faire entrer Goar dans la
chambre de son conseil, au milieu de son clergé réuni. Goar, arrivant à Trèves,
s’était rendu d’abord á l’église.
Après avoir prié, il se rendit au palais épiscopal ; il
paraît qu’il entra d’abord dans une antichambre où il voulut laisser sa chape;
mais, ne sachant pas très bien à quoi l’accrocher, il l’accrocha á un rayon de
soleil, et la chape resta suspendue, aux yeux de tous les assistants. Voilà la
scène étrange et simple que nous pouvons méditer à travers le temps et l’espace.
Saint Goar, et c’est ici que la simplicité a quelque chose à nous apprendre,
saint Goar ne s’était pas aperçu de ce qu’il avait fait. Il avait accroché su
chape au premier objet venu, sans regarder. Il avait cru que c’était un bâton.
Il se trouva que c’était un rayon de soleil. Mais il est bien permis de se
tromper de cette manière-là.
Quant aux déjeuners servis aux pèlerins, saint Goar
déclara que c’était une erreur de placer la perfection tout entière dans le
jeûne et l’abstinence, et que la miséricorde leur était infiniment préférable.
Vaudelbert, célèbre religieux, a écrit sa vie ; c’est
son témoignage que le père Giry invoque spécialement. Surius a écrit aussi une
longue vie de saint Goar ; toute la tradition ecclésiastique est pleine de
châtiments célèbres qui ont frappé ceux qui méprisaient le saint pendant sa vie
ou après sa mort. On bâtit d’abord prés de son ermitage une petite église où on
l’enterra. Puis Pépin le Bref, père de Charlemagne, en fit construire une plus grande.
La tradition, citée et recueillie par le père Giry, raconte que ceux qui
passaient près de ce temple sans rendre leurs hommages au saint étaient punis
de leur négligence. Il paraît que Charlemagne éprouva la vérité de cette
tradition. Ses deux fils et l’impératrice éprouvèrent en sens inverse le
pouvoir de saint Goar. L’impératrice fut délivrée dans son église d’un horrible
et incurable mal de dents.
Ernest HELLO. Physionomie de saints.
SOURCE : https://archive.org/stream/PhysionomiesDeSaintsParErnestHello/physionomies%20de%20saints_djvu.txt
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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
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“Saint Goar of Aquitaine“. CatholicSaints.Info.
17 April 2021. Web. 7 July 2021.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-goar-of-aquitaine/>
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St. Goar
An anchorite of
Aquitaine; b. about 585; d. near Oberwesel (Germany), 6 July, 649. He came of a
distinguished family,
and at an early age gave evidence of sound piety. Prayer was the
constant occupation of his heart, and meditation on the truths of religion
that of his mind. Having received Holy orders, and being
thus enabled to act with more authority, he laboured to secure the salvation of a
great number of souls.
But being above all solicitous for his own sanctifcation, he resolved to leave
the world, and about 618 he took up his dwelling in a lonely place at the
extremity of the Diocese
of Trier and in the neighbourhood of the little town of Oberwesel. It
was here that, near a little chapel which he
built, he began to lead an existence completely detached from material and
perishable things. Nevertheless it was impossible for him so to conceal himself
that his reputation did
not spread far and wide. Pilgrims flocked to him, thus furnishing him with
occasions to exercise the duties of
hospitality in their behalf and to give them good advice. Two of them denounced
him to Rusticus, Bishop of Trier, as a hypocrite and fond
of good living and he was called upon by the bishop to defend
himself. According to the legend, he did so with the help of a miracle which
resulted in the bishop's confusion
and in the manifestation of his unworthiness. King Sigebert III having learned
of the occurrence summoned St. Goar to Metz and insisted that he should accept
the episcopal see from
which Resticus been driven. But the pious hermit was
frightened by this offer, and asked time for reflection. On returning to his
solitude he fell sick and died before the burden of the episcopal dignity had
been imposed upon him. A small church was dedicated to him, in 1768, in the
little town on the banks of the Rhine which bears his name (St-Goar).
Clugnet, Léon. "St. Goar." The
Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton
Company, 1909. 7 Jul.
2021 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06606b.htm>.
Transcription. This article was transcribed for
New Advent by Joseph P. Thomas.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. September
1, 1909. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop
of New York.
Copyright © 2020 by Kevin Knight.
Dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Heiliger Goar als Kirchenstifter mit betendem Steinmetz in Arbeitstracht mit Werkzeug und Steinmetzwappen. Detail der Kanzel aus dem 15. Jh.. Stiftskirche Sankt Goar
Born in Aquitaine; died c. 575. Saint Goar was educated in Aquitaine and became a priest there. In 519, desiring to serve God anonymously, he migrated to the area around Trier, Germany, and led the life of a hermit in a cell at Oberwesel on the Rhein. His untrustworthy vita reports that he became renowned for his sanctity and gifts of prophecy and working miracles. When offered the archbishopric of Trèves, he resolutely refused it. Blessed Charlemagne built a stately church over his hermitage, around which the town of Saint Guvet grew on the left bank of the Rhine between Wesel and Boppard (Benedictines, Husenbeth). In art, Saint Goar is a hermit with three hinds near him or giving him milk. He might also be shown (1) holding a pitcher, (2) with the devil on his shoulder or under his feet, (3) holding the church of Saint Goar am Rhein, or (4) hanging his hat on a sunbeam (Roeder). Goar is venerated in Oberwesel, the Rhineland, and in Aquitaine. He is the patron of innkeepers, potters, and vine-growers (Roeder).
Weninger’s Lives of the Saints – Saint Goar, Priest and Hermit
Article
The holy priest and hermit Goar was born in Aquitain and was the descendant of an illustrious family. His tender childhood already bore marks of the great sanctity to which he attained in after life. He was never playful like other children, but always retiring and quiet in all his ways, and manifested early a great love of purity and a horror of all sin. No indelicate word was ever heard from his lips, and he could not endure it in others. Aided by fervent prayers, many penances, and frequent partaking of the holy communion, he preserved his purity unstained. After growing up and being instructed in the requisite knowledge, he was ordained Priest. His holy conduct and zealous preaching brought many heathens to the knowledge of the true God, many sinners to repentance, and strengthened many pious people to persevere in the right way. As this subjected him to great praise, and brought him so many visits that he could not give as much time as he desired to prayers, he resolved to leave his home, and in solitude to serve the Lord with all the powers of his soul. He delayed not to carry his resolution into effect, secretly left his home, and having arrived in the territory of Triers, he, with the permission of the bishop, built a little church at Upper- Wessel, and there he daily said Mass. In this solitude he lived a holy life, practicing all the virtues of his station. To the heathens, who were still in those parts, he preached the Gospel with great success, exhorted others to repentance, to avoid sin, and to do good works. God blessed the holy endeavors of His servant with many remarkable conversions and miracles, the fame of which soon spread about, drawing many strangers to the dwelling of the Saint. The pious priest availed himself of this opportunity to further their spiritual welfare. He received all most kindly, and cheerfully extended hospitality to them in order to prevent them by devout discourses from sin and lead them to God. These pious endeavors were rewarded with many happy results. A large number ot people were converted. But, notwithstanding this, the Almighty permitted the holy man to be accused by some wicked persons of hypocrisy, pride and other vices. Among these were two servants of the bishop of Triers, who, after having visited Saint Goar and seen his way of living, said unhesitatingly to the bishop that Goar was a hypocrite, who assumed holiness only to deceive the people, that he led not the life of a hermit, but was intemperate and made merry with worldly people.
The miracles wrought by him, they said, were nothing but a deception of Satan. The bishop commanded the hypocrite to be brought before him, that he might call him to account and punish him accordingly. The servants went to the Saint and informed him of the bishop’s command. Goar received them kindly, entertained them hospitably, and promised to return with them on the following day. Day-break had hardly lit up the cross of his little church, when the holy man, according to custom, said Mass, having ordered breakfast for the two servants of the bishop and for a stranger who had just arrived. The servants would not touch the food, and reproached the Saint, that he; already so early in the morning, thought of eating and drinking. But, notwithstanding this, they requested him to give them some food for their journey. The holy man told them that Christianity enjoined hospitality, and, having given them as much food as they desired for the journey, he went away with them. Upon the way, he occupied himself in singing Psalms. At midday, the servants were faint from hunger and thirst, and unable to proceed on their journey, they wished to refresh themselves with the food which the holy man had given them, and they looked about for some water wherewith to quench their thirst. But they found neither food nor water: God had taken from them what they had before refused to partake of, probably to punish them for the wickedness with which they had judged the holy priest. They acknowledged their fault, and begged the Saint’s pardon, who after a short prayer procured them, by a miracle, food and drink. Recognizing the holiness of him whom they had denounced as a hypocrite and a glutton, they changed their opinion of him, and arriving at the bishop’s palace, told what had occurred and added much in the Saint’s praise. The bishop, however, was not so willing to alter the opinion he had already formed, but accused him, in the presence of a great many priests, of several vices, particularly of hypocrisy and intemperance.
The Saint defended his innocence with great sweetness and tranquility, but found no willing ear in the bishop. Meanwhile an illegitimate child was brought in, which had just been found at the place where such children were deposited. The bishop said to the assemblage: “We shall now see if this hermit is a true servant of God, or only a deceiver.” He then commanded the accused to reveal the name of the parents of the child, or induce the latter to name them. The holy man refused as long as possible to comply with this request, and gave reasons which ought to have induced the bishop to let the matter rest; but, as he insisted upon it, the Saint adjured the child in the name of the Holy Trinity, to reveal the names of its parents. The child, which was only three days old, immediately opened its mouth, and said, quite distinctly; “Rusticus is my father, and Flavia, my mother.” The bishop was thunderstruck at hearing his own name, and falling at the feet of Saint Goar, begged him to forgive the rash judgment he had formed of him. The holy man was deeply grieved that this crime was thus made public, and took upon himself to make reparation for it by a penance of seven years.
This remarkable event soon spread abroad, and when it had come to the ears of King Siegbert, the Saint was called to inform the King of the whole proceedings. The holy man, however, refused to appear. The King insisted, saying that he was already acquainted with the principal facts, and having related them, desired to know if all had happened in that manner. The Saint replied: “As your majesty has related all, it would be superfluous to add anything.” This answer pleased the King greatly, who therefore desired to bestow on Saint Goar the See of Triers. The Saint earnestly refused, but as the King, the nobility, and the people urged him to accept it, he requested to have a few days, to take counsel with God. When this had been granted, he returned to his dwelling, and prayed, with tearful eyes, that God would avert what seemed to be in store for him.
God heard his prayer, and sent him a dangerous fever, which kept him for seven years in his cell, not allowing him to set foot out of doors. These seven years of suffering he offered according to his promise to God, for the bishop, who then also led a penitential life. Hardly had the Saint recovered from his illness, when the King again requested him to accept” the government of the See. But the Saint answered that they would not be able to remove him out of his cell, until they carried away his body in a coffin. These words proved true, for he was attacked by another disease which lasted four years, and which only terminated at his death, in the year of our Lord 575.
The many miracles wrought on the tomb of the Saint showed how much the Almighty was pleased with His servant, while they at the same time made the place, where his holy relics rested, so famous, that a considerable town grew out of it which still at this day bears the name of “Saint Goar.”
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Saint Goar, Harzheim
Practical Considerations
1. Read once more the answer which Saint Goar gave to the King who desired to know what had happened. Read it, and learn how prudently we ought to speak of others. To inform those who have authority to prevent or punish evil, or who have the power to bring the perpetrators to the knowledge of their vices, is permitted, if it is done with a good intention. Not to inform these is sometimes a mortal sin. But when the evil is still unknown, and I inform those whom it does not concern and who have not the power to prevent, punish, or in any manner do what may redress the mischief done, then my telling this evil is nothing but slander; hence a sin, and often a mortal one. If the crimes are public, then to speak of them to others is not slander, but is often neither kind nor charitable. This ought to be well considered by those who think that it is not slander, and hence no sin, when they reveal to others the faults or crimes of their neighbors, which may be true, but still are unknown. Examine your conscience to learn if you are guilty of this, and in future be more careful.
2. Saint Goar performed a seven years’ penance for the sins of others, and offered for the expiation of them his own sufferings. What penance do you perform for your own sins? You have the best opportunity to do penance when you are sick, or have other trials. Regard it as punishment for your iniquities, as a divine admonition. Repent of your sins and confess them, and bear the pains of your sickness or your trials with patience, in the spirit of penance, and offer all to God as an atonement for your sins, at the same time making the resolution, not to offend the Almighty again. If you do this, you will perform a noble penance which will purify you from all stains of sin. The Venerable Bede writes: “Sickness, endured with patience, serves instead of purgatory to cleanse men from their sins.” But if you are not converted in your sickness, if you suffer murmuringly and impatiently, what will then happen to you? Saint Gregory the Great, answers this question in the following words: “Present suffering, when it converts men, atones for past sin: but not producing this effect, it will be the beginning of future punishment. Hence, let us be careful not to pass from temporal into eternal pain.”
MLA Citation
Father Francis Xavier Weninger, DD, SJ. “Saint Goar, Priest and Hermit”. Lives of the Saints, 1876. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 March 2018. Web. 6 July 2020. <https://catholicsaints.info/weningers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-goar-priest-and-hermit/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/weningers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-goar-priest-and-hermit/
Aussenansicht der
Pfarrkirche St. Goar in Muri
Short
Lives of the Saints – Saint Goar, Hermit
Entry
Saint Goar was a good priest who was born in Aquitaine
about the year 585. He labored for years in the successful fulfilment of his
sacerdotal duties, especially among pagans and heretics; and afterwards seeking
a greater personal perfection, he withdrew to a hermitage in the diocese of
Treves. The fame of his sanctity drew to his cell great numbers of sick and
pilgrims, to whom Saint Goar extended a generous hospitality, so that he was
falsely accused to the bishop of Treves of having turned his hermitage into a
hostelry, and of indulging himself and his guests in good cheer. Saint Goar
justified himself in all gentleness and humility; but the bishop demanded of
him a miracle to prove his innocence. To establish the virtue of His servant,
God permitted a secret fault of the prelate’s to be on the instant laid bare,
to his great confusion. The holy hermit was afterwards offered the bishopric of
Treves, which he declined to accept; and he died peacefully in 647.
A quiet, patient heart that meekly serves its Lord,
God’s finger joys to touch: it is His harpsichord.
– Angelus Silesius
Favorite Practice – To act with purity of
intention, and God Himself will justify your actions.
MLA Citation
Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly. “Saint Goar, Hermit”. Short
Lives of the Saints, 1910. CatholicSaints.Info.
17 April 2021. Web. 7 July 2021.
<https://catholicsaints.info/short-lives-of-the-saints-saint-goar-hermit/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/short-lives-of-the-saints-saint-goar-hermit/
Katholische Kirche Sankt Goar, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in
Rheinland-Pfalz. Errichtet 1887–1891 nach Plänen der Architekten Heinrich
Wiethase und Eduard Endler
Pictorial
Lives of the Saints – Saint Goar, Priest
Article
Saint Goar was born of an illustrious family, at
Aquitaine. From his youth he was noted for his earnest piety, and, having been
raised to sacred orders, he converted many sinners by the fervor of his
preaching and the force of his example. Wishing to serve God entirely unknown
to the world, he went over into Germany, and, settling in the neighborhood of
Trier, he shut himself up in his cell, and arrived at such an eminent degree of
sanctity as to be esteemed the oracle and miracle of the whole country.
Sigebert, King of Austrasia, learning of the sanctity of Goar, wished to have
him made Bishop of Metz, and for that purpose summoned him to court. The Saint,
fearing the responsibilities of the office, prayed that he might be excused. He
was seized with a fever, and died in 575.
MLA Citation
John Dawson Gilmary Shea. “Saint Goar, Priest”. Pictorial Lives of the Saints, 1922. CatholicSaints.Info.
11 December 2018. Web. 7 July 2021. <https://catholicsaints.info/pictorial-lives-of-the-saints-saint-goar-priest/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/pictorial-lives-of-the-saints-saint-goar-priest/
San Goar Sacerdote
sec. VI
Martirologio Romano: Sulla riva del fiume Reno, san Goar, sacerdote, originario dell’Aquitania, che, con l’appoggio del vescovo di Treviri, costruì un ospizio e un oratorio per accogliere i pellegrini e provvedere alla salvezza delle loro anime.
La più antica notizia su questo santo risale al 765, quando il re Pipino donò al monastero di Pruem la cella sancti Goaris esistente presso Oberwesel, non lungi da Bingen, sulla riva sinistra del Reno, nella diocesi di Treviri.
Nel 782 Carlo Magno confermò definitivamente la donazione ed allora l'abate Asuarius fece costruire una grande basilica nella quale fu portato il corpo del santo. Da quel tempo la tomba cominciò ad essere meta di numerosi pellegrinaggi, attorno alla basilica si sviluppò una città che dal santo prese il nome (Sankt Goar) e fu scritta anche la più antica biografia, da un monaco di Pruem.
Secondo l'autore Goar era oriundo dell'Aquitania; al tempo di Chidelberto si recò a Treviri e, ordinato sacerdote dal vescovo Felice, ebbe il permesso di costruirsi una cella e una celletta presso Oberwesel. Ivi celebrava ogni giorno, eccetto il venerdì, la santa Messa, recitava tutto il Salterio ed assisteva i pellegrini che lo visitavano.
Durante il governo del vescovo Rustico ebbe delle noie che però superò felicemente; rifiutò l'episcopato di Treviri, offertogli dal re Sigeberto di Metz, morì carico di anni e di meriti il 6 luglio di un anno ignoto.
Quando in realtà sia vissuto Goar è impossibile precisare e neppure è sicura la sua origine gallica poiché il nome era già conosciuto nel secolo V nella regione del Reno; sembra tuttavia che si debba attribuire al secolo VI.
Poiché la venerazione di Goar andava sempre più crescendo e i miracoli si moltiplicavano presso la sua tomba, l’abate Marcward di Pruem nell'839 ordinò al monaco Wandelbert di scrivere una nuova biografia del santo in stile più scorrevole e di aggiungervi i miracoli operati fino a quel tempo.
Per la storia del culto di Goar si deve notare che la sua festa, oltre che nel
Martirologio di Wandelbert e in quello di Rabano Mauro, che ne dipende, è
ricordata nei codici pleniores del Geronimiano al 6 luglio, ma senza
indicazione topografica; Floro invece ha l'esatta indicazione In Binga, mentre
Usuardo, riferendosi alla diocesi, ha in pago Trevirensi come si trova tuttora
nel Martirologio Romano.
Autore: Agostino Amore
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/60930
Bronzefigur des Heiligen Goar vor der Katholischen
Kirche in Sankt Goar. Geschaffen vom Künstler Willy Heinzen aus Urbar, enthüllt
am 6. Juli 2003 und am 9. November 2003 vom Trierer Bischof Reinhard Marx
gesegnet.
Voir aussi :
https://archive.org/stream/PhysionomiesDeSaintsParErnestHello/physionomies%20de%20saints_djvu.txt
http://www.heiligenlegenden.de/literatur/bavaria-sancta/zweiter-abschnitt/goar/home.html
