Ursmar of Lobbes[note 1] (born 644, 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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_-_Int%C3%A9rieur_14_(cropped2).JPG) Ursmar receives holy orders as abbot of Lobbes Abbey in 691, probably by Saint Lambertus, bishop of Maastricht (19th-century relief in the Church of Saint Ursmar in Lobbes) | |
| Born | 27 July 644 |
| Died | 18 April 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]