Ursmar
Sign in to saveUrsmar of Lobbes (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.
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- Saint.name
- Saint Ursmar of Lobbes
- Saint.birth_date
- 27 July 644
- Saint.death_date
- 18 April 713
- Saint.feast_day
- 19 April
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- File:Collégiale Saint-Ursmer (Lobbes) - Intérieur 14 (cropped2).JPG
- Saint.imagesize
- 250px
- Saint.caption
- 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)
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Fontenelle
- Place of death
- Lobbes
- Occupation
- Catholic priest
- Position held
- abbot
- Image
- Lobbes - saint Ursmer - buste-reliquaire - 2025-09-28 - 01.jpg
- Religious order
- Benedictines
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Ursmar of Lobbes (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.
Like 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. He is also credited with founding Aulne Abbey and Wallers Abbey.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ursmar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.