In each, the monster is led back to Rouen and burned, but its head and neck would not burn due to being tempered by its own fire breath. Romanus subdued the creature with a crucifix, or he captured the creature with the help of the only volunteer, a man condemned to death. There are multiple versions of the story, either that St. La Gargouille is said to have been the typical dragon with bat-like wings, a long neck, and the ability to breathe fire from its mouth. 631 – 641 AD), the former chancellor of the Merovingian king Clotaire II who was made bishop of Rouen, relates how he delivered the country around Rouen from a monster called Gargouille or Goji. A French legend that sprang up around the name of St.
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