[1] The early history of Lobbes Abbey is known in relative detail through the fortunate and unusual survival of its annals.

Landelin was a young man from a well-to-do family in Bapaume, who had lived a sinful life as the head of a band of brigands.

Landelin continued his duties as abbot until 680, when he resigned from his post and dedicated the rest of his life to the worship of God.

[4] Landelin was succeeded by Ursmar (Saint Ursmarus)[5] who devoted himself to preaching Christianity among the largely pagan Franks.

Under the abbots Folcuin (965–990), Heriger of Lobbes (990–1007) and Hugo (1033–1053), the abbey and the school once again attained a great reputation.

With the Monks in 1060, after the devastation caused by Godfrey III's revolts against Holy Roman Emperor Henry III (1047–56), in which Hainaut and Flanders were involved, commencing a delatio (tour) to regain the Flemish estates in Hainaut that had been destroyed during the war.

[7] In which these kinds of events both help fuel the goodwill mentioned above, through perceived miracle, but also act as grassroots participation and organisation of the Peace of God Movement, which helped Pope Urban II's declaration of the Truce of God in 1095 become implemented in Flanders and its surrounding area more quickly.

[7] After this period the fame of the abbey gradually declined, until the monastic revival originating from the Bursfelde Congregation brought fresh life in the 15th century.

In 1794, the last abbot, Vulgise de Vignron, and 43 monks were expelled from the monastery by French revolutionary troops.