Saint Ermin of Lobbes

Also known as

• Erminus
• Ermino
• Erminon
• Erwin
• Erminius
• Ermenus

Memorial

• 25 April

Profile

Studied at the Cathedral School of Laon, France. Priest. Monk at the Benedictine abbey at Lobbes, Belgium. Spiritual student of Saint Ursmar. Bishop of Lobbes in 711. Second abbot of Lobbes in 718. Supported missionaries, known for wisdom and personal holiness, and the gift of prophecy.

Born

• Herly, Laon region of France

Died

• 25 April 737 in Lobbes, Hainaut, Belgium of natural causes
• buried in the crypt at the church of Our Lady at Lobbes abbey
• relics transferred to Saint-Ursmer in 1409

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Lobbes, Belgium

Representation

• abbot with a book

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Diocese of Munster
• Heiligen Lexikon
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ermin of Lobbes“. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 April 2013. Web. 23 May 2013. <>