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Ursmar
Frankish bishop and saint
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 18 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
644
Died
713
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of Lobbes in Hainaut, in present-day Belgium, Saint Ursmar, bishop and abbot, who spread the rule of Saint Benedict and led the people to the Christian faith.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 18 April as a bishop and abbot of Lobbes who spread the Rule of Saint Benedict.
Connected on this site
- Dodon de Wallers Saint Pupil
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1385227 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ursmar (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.