Folcuin

Folcuin (c. 935 – 16 September 990) was a monk at the abbey of Saint-Bertin, where he was a deacon and archivist, and later abbot of Lobbes.

The Gesta abbatum Sithiensium (Deeds of the Abbots of Saint-Bertin) is a combination of chronicle and cartulary.

Folcuin incorporates numerous charters from the abbey's archives into his historical narrative, which begins with the abbey's foundation around 650 and continues to 961/2.

It was composed at the request of the lay abbot, Adalolf.

[1] Folcuin also wrote the Gesta abbatum Lobiensium (Deeds of the Abbots of Lobbes).