Godric
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Godric may refer to:
- Godric of FinchaleGodric of FinchaleSaint Godric of Finchale was an English hermit, merchant and popular medieval saint, although he was never formally canonized. He was born in Walpole in Norfolk and died in Finchale in County Durham, England....
, an Anglo-Saxon saint - Godric the SheriffGodric the SheriffGodric was the Anglo Saxon sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire in the 11th century prior to the Norman Conquest.As a sheriff, he had the powers of arrest, he could raise armies, collect taxes and levies, and he presided over courts, dealt with traitors and generally supervised on the King’s...
, an 11th century sheriff of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire - Godric, a fictional character in the television series True Blood (who was also a sheriff)
- Godric of Winchcombe, a medieval abbot of Winchcombe AbbeyWinchcombe AbbeyWinchcombe Abbey is a now-vanished Benedictine abbey in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, this abbey was once the capital of Mercia, an Anglo Saxon kingdom at the time of the Heptarchy in England. The Abbey was founded c. 798 for three hundred Benedictine monks, by King Offa of Mercia or King Kenulf. In...
- Godric (novel)Godric (novel)Godric is a novel published in 1981, written by Frederick Buechner, that tells the semi-fictionalised life story of medieval Catholic saint Godric of Finchale. The novel was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize....
, a Pulitzer-nominated book by Frederick Buechner - Godric Gryffindor, a fictional character in the Harry Potter universe
- Godric's Hollow, a fictional place in the Harry Potter universe