Ermin of Lobbes

Originally from the region of Laon, he studied at the Cathedral School of Laon (France) and was ordained as a priest by the bishop, Madalgaire.

After entering the Benedictine monastery of Lobbes, he became a disciple of Saint Ursmar.

After nomination by Ursmar, he was elected as his successor as the head of the abbey, founded by Saint Landelin.

His biographer, abbot Anson of Lobbes (+800), stated that he also had a gift for prophecy.

He died in Lobbes in 737, and is interred in a sarcophagus in the crypt of Saint Ursmar's Church in Lobbes.