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GODEFROYD, Etienne - b. ~1280 Provence, d. 0 ? - WGA

GODEFROYD, Etienne

(b. ~1280 Provence, d. 0 ?)

French goldsmith. This Provençal artist produced - together with Guillaume de Verdelay and Milet d’Auxerre - the reliquary bust of San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples. This reliquary is considered to be one of the masterpieces of Gothic goldsmith’s art from beyond the Alps. No biographical data are available about Godefroyd.

Reliquary Bust of San Gennaro

In 1304 Charles II of Naples commissioned three Provancal goldsmiths, Etienne Godefroyd, Guillaume de Verdelay, and Milet d’Auxerre, to produce a reliquary bust of the patron saint of Naples, San Gennaro. It was probably intended to mark the one-thousandth anniversary of the saint’s martyrdom. This kind of relics were carried through city streets on festival days and in times of peril.

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