Godič

• Official Name — Godič • Image Skyline — Godic.jpg • Image Caption — Godič from the south • Pushpin Map — Slovenia • Pushpin Label Position — bottom • Pushpin Map Caption — Location in Slovenia • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Slovenia • Subdivision Type1 — Traditional region • Subdivision Name1 — Upper Carniola • Subdivision Type2 — Statistical region • Subdivision Name2 — Central Slovenia • Subdivision Type3 — Municipality • Subdivision Name3 — Kamnik • Population As Of — 2002 • Population Total — 655 • Population Blank1 Title — Ethnicities • Population Blank2 Title — Religions • Elevation M — 655 Godič (pron; Goditsch) is a village on the left bank of the Kamnik Bistrica River in the Municipality of Kamnik in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia.

Godič was first attested in written sources in 1426 as Goditsch (and as Godicz in 1447). The name is derived from the plural form *Godiči, from the patronymic Godič based on a name such as *Godislavъ, *Godimirъ, etc. The name thus means 'place where Godič and his people live.' In the past the German name was Goditsch.

In 1993 the Archaeological Section of the National Museum of Slovenia excavated a Roman cave shrine in a local rock shelter known as Pod Gričo. A number of votive offerings, coins, potshards, and animal bones were found at the site.

Notable people that were born or lived in Godič include: • Jurij Jan (1821–1900), priest and cultural activist in San Dorligo della Valle • Štefan Kališnik (1929–2004), playwright • Francis Xavier Pierz (1785–1880), missionary in North America and poet