Godric unmarried of Finchale
Country and Region of Origin
England
Role
Sea captain (lay)
Gender and Marital Statusa
Male
Crusades
1st Expedition
Crusade of 1101
Probability of Participation
Possible
Actions
It is not certain whether this is the same Godric as the one recorded for the 1107-8 Crusade, who subsequently became a hermit.
Sources
AA, pp. 646-647.
2nd Expedition
Crusade of 1107-1108
Contingent Leader
Bohemond of Taranto
Probability of Participation
Certain
Actions
He returned via Santiago de Compostella.
Sources
Reginald of Durham, Libellus de Vita et Miraculis S. Godrici, Heremite de Finchale, Surtees Society, XX (London, 1847), pp. 52-58. For further discussion of Godric, see W. Purkis, Crusading Spirituality in the Holy Land and Iberia, c.1095-c.1187 (Woodbridge, 2008), pp. 62-63.
