Blessed Godeschalk of Zeliv

Also known as

• Godeschalcus of Želiv
• Godeskalk of Želiv
• Gottschalk of Želiv

Memorial

• 9 February

Profile

Premonstratensian canon in Steinfield, Germany. He led a group of Premonstratensian brothers who revived an abandoned Benedictine monastery of Želiv (in modern Czech Republic); it became one of the most important religious institutions in Bohemia, and its brothers founded other houses throughout the region. Spiritual teacher of Blessed Gerlac of Milevsko.

Born

• c.1126 in Cologne, Germany

Died

• 9 February 1184 in Želiv, Czech Republic
• buried in the abbey church at the monastery there

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Svetniki

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Godeschalk of Zeliv“. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 February 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>