Goar

The priest and hermit, who came from a noble family and was later canonised, was born around 495 in Aquitaine (French countryside or former English county between the Pyrenees and the Loire) and died in 575 in today's St. Goar south of Koblenz (Rhineland-Palatinate). The name means "God is strong", his memorial day is 6 July. He migrated from Aquitaine to the Rhine at the age of 24, when he had already been ordained, and built a cell on the site of his present patron saint's church in the parish of St. Goar on the Middle Rhine, which is named after him.

Goar - Denkmal St. Goar und Blick vom Rheinsteg über Burg Katz auf die Gemeinde St. Goar

Every year in September, the two sister Rhine towns of St. Goar and St. Goarshausen on the opposite bank celebrate "The Night of the Loreley" with fireworks. The house fronts are illuminated and the castles Katz and Rheinfels as well as the Rhine heights are lit up with Bengal light. Goar brought vines from his homeland in southern France and had a great passion for food and good wine. He is said to have performed numerous miracles, such as ensuring that not a drop of wine escaped from a barrel despite an open bunghole. He is the patron saint of St. Goar, as well as of potters, brick workers, vintners, innkeepers and boatmen. See also under wine saints and wine gods.

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