Lobbes Abbey
Founded
- 654 by Saint Landelin of Crespin in Lobbes, Hainaut, Belgium
Notes
Benedictine monastery. Lobbes has preserved its ancient annals, so we have a relatively detailed history of the house. By the late 8th century the abbey was so large and influential it was the most important in Belgium. Stemming from a poor choice in leadership, the abbey went into decline from the mid-9th till the mid-10th century but surged back under great leaders. In 1569, Lobbes and several other abbeys were combined to form the Benedictine Congregation of Exempt Monasteries of Flanders (Congregation of Saint Vaast). The community was exiled by anti–Catholic forces of the French Revolution in 1794, and forcibly dissolved by law on 2 September 1796; the remaining 43 monks dispersed to monasteries around Europe, and all the buildings except the church have been destroyed.
Profiled Monks of Lobbes
- Blessed Leo of Saint-Bertin
- Saint Burchard of Worms
- Saint Dodone of Wallers-en-Fagne
- Saint Hadelin of Lobbes
- Saint Landelin of Crespin
MLA Citation
- “Lobbes Abbey“. CatholicSaints.Info. 27 February 2020. Web. 20 January 2021. <>