Ursmar von Lobbes

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Ursmar von Lobbes (born July 27, 644 in Floyon in what is now the French department of North ; † April 18 (?) 713 in Lobbes , today in Belgium ) was a Benedictine , abbot , choir bishop and missionary . He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church ; his feast day is April 18th. He is the patron of children who find it difficult to walk.

Life

Urmar's parents were Franks . At a young age he entered the monastery of Lobbes (German: Laubach) founded by Landelin von Crespin near Charleroi in the diocese of Cambrai . Landelin himself ordained him a priest around 670. Ursmar then built a chapel dedicated to St. Michael in the forest near Wallers , which he used as a hermitage at times .

Already during Landelin's lifetime he appointed him prior of the Lobbes monastery because he himself preferred to live in solitude. After Landelin's death in 686 he also followed him as Abbot of Aulne . Probably in the year 689 he was appointed Abbot Bishop of Lobbes and the Thiérache region , probably by Pippin the Middle ; he received episcopal ordination in 691.

Ursmar preached and proselytized from Lobbes in Thiérache, Flanders , Waesland and Brabant . He increased the holdings of Lobbes Abbey considerably, completed the construction of the convent buildings and directed the construction of the monastery church, which was consecrated in 697, and the Notre-Dame church, the collegiate church of St. Ursmer, later named after him, on a hill above the monastery. He is portrayed as a strict ascetic , zealous missionary and miracle worker . His tireless efforts undermined his health, so that around 711 he was forced to resign. His successor as Abbot Bishop of Lobbes was his pupil Ermin .

Death, reception and canonization

Ursmar died in 713 and was buried in the Notre Dame church, which he built and which was later named after him. On March 26, 823 his remains were in the presence of Bishop Halitgar of Cambrai charged , and has since been Ursmar Catholic Roman in the Orthodox Church and the Holy revered. Urmar's bones were transferred to Binche in Hainaut in 1408 , but burned in 1794 during the French Revolution . His biography was written by one of his successors as Abbot of Lobbes, Heriger von Lobbes .

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  1. ↑ Heriger of Lobbes . In: The Catholic University of America (ed.): New Catholic encyclopedia . 2nd Edition. tape 6 . Gale Group Inc., Thomson Learning Inc., 2003, ISBN 0-7876-4010-7 , pp. 780 f .
personal data
SURNAME Ursmar von Lobbes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ursmar; Ursmer; Ursmarus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot, bishop and saint
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 644
PLACE OF BIRTH Floyon
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: April 18, 713
Place of death Lobbes , Belgium