The
CHAPEL OF SAINT GOFAN in Pembrokeshire was built above a natural cave
hermitage cell in the 14th century. Gofan is thought to have died in AD
586 but, like many early saints, his life is shrouded in mystery. One
legend says that, in order to help him hide from assailants, the living
rock of his hermit cave wrapped around him like a womb and a tomb and to
this day rib-like marks in the cave wall are said to be the imprint of
the saint’s body. Gofan is the Welsh form of the name Gobannus, the name
of a Gallic Vulcan.
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