Saint Lomer of Corbion

Also known as

• Laumer
• Laudomarus
• Launomar

Memorial

• 19 January

Profile

As a boy he worked as a shepherd near Chartres, France. Priest. Hermit near Chartres. His reputation for holiness spread, disciples gathers, and Lomer founded the monastery of Corbion to house them, and served as its first abbot. He lived to be over a hundred.

Died

• 593

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts, by Abbie Farwell Brown
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Lomer of Corbion“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 January 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>