Grobian

Saint Grobian (Medieval Latin, Sanctus Grobianus) is a fictional patron saint of vulgar and coarse people. His name is derived from the Middle High German or , meaning coarse or vulgar. The Old High German cognate is , . The word "grobian" has thus passed into the English language as an obscure word for any crude, sloppy, or buffoonish person.

==History== right|thumb|Narrenschiff The satirist Sebastian Brant (1457–1521) conceived Saint Grobian as the patron saint of coarse manners in his famous poem Das Narrenschiff (1494). Das Narrenschiff (the ship of fools) describes the worship paid to this new saint.