Feastday: April 7
Death: 6th century
Missionary of the district of Cornwall, England. Also called Woronus, he was in the area before St. Petrac. Goran lived in Bodmin.
Coordinates: 50°14′38″N 4°48′43″W / 50.244°N 4.812°W
Chapel of St Just, Gorran Haven
St Goran is a coastal civil parish in Cornwall, England, UK, six miles (10 km) south-southwest of St Austell. The largest settlement in the parish is the coastal village of Gorran Haven, a mile to the east with a further cluster of homes at Trevarrick. The population (including Boswinger) at the 2011 census was 1,411.
The parish is bounded by the sea to the east and south. It is bordered by St Michael Caerhays parish to the west and by St Ewe and Mevagissey parishes to the north.
The patron saint Guron or Goronus is said to have come here from Bodmin. The parish church is a fine building of the 15th century though the foundation is Norman. Features of interest include the bench ends and the late medieval font. At Gorran Haven is a 15th-century chapel of St Just, restored in the 1860s. At Bodrugan, there are some remains of the medieval manor house of the Bodrugans which also had a chapel.
Thomas Tonkin, MP and historian, is buried at the parish church.
