According to Abbot Berner (Bernerus Humolariensis Abbas) who wrote the Vita of Hunegund (Vita Sanctae Hunegundis Virginis Humolariensis) in the 10th century,[3] a monastic community was founded around 650 near the site of present-day Homblières by a young noblewoman named Hunegund (d. ca.

[4] The monastery of Homblières (Latin: Humolarias, from humulus = hop field) is first mentioned in the 940s as a community of nuns in need of reform because of lapsed morals.

After Bertha’s death in 948 or 949, King Louis IV authorized the expulsion of the nuns and their replacement by monks from Saint-Remi of Reims who were required to live at Homblières under the Benedictine Rule.

[4] Eilbert of Florennes, a direct descendant of Emperor Lothair’s vassal Ebro, was responsible for refounding the abbey at Homblières.

[4] During the French Revolution, on 13 february 1790, the constituent assembly dissolved all religious orders in France.