Godric of Finchale was a 12th-century English merchant and hermit who lived in Norfolk and County Durham. Born around 1065, he initially built a successful career as a peddler and ship captain, traveling extensively throughout the Mediterranean. Following a spiritual awakening near the Farne Islands, he dedicated his later years to a life of asceticism. He settled at Finchale, where he built a chapel and lived as a recluse for sixty years. He is remembered as a holy man whose wisdom was sought by figures such as Thomas Becket.