Ursmar of Lobbes[note 1] (died 713) was a missionary bishop in the Meuse and Ardennes region in present-day Belgium, Germany, Luxemburg and France. He was also the first abbot of Lobbes Abbey.
Saint Ursmar of Lobbes | |
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Died | 713 |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast | 19 April |
As many missionaries in the 7th and 8th century, he may have been of Irish origin. He was appointed abbot of Lobbes in 691 by the Frankish king Pippin II.[1] He is also credited with the foundation of Aulne Abbey and Wallers Abbey.
Saint Ursmar is a Catholic saint, whose feast day is April 19.[2] His sarcophagus is in the crypt of the parish church in Lobbes (as well as the sarcophagus of his successor, Saint Ermin. A Life was written by Heriger of Lobbes.[3]
References
edit- ^ Rosamond McKitterick, The New Cambridge Medieval History, II (2005), p. 627.
- ^ saintpatrickdc.org
- ^ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Heriger of Lobbes
Notes
edit- ^ also known as Ursmer or Ursmarus
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