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Ermin of Lobbes
Belgian saint
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Feast: 25 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
700
Died
737
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Lobbes in Brabant in Austrasia, in the territory of present-day Belgium, Saint Ermin, abbot and bishop, who, a man of intense prayer endowed with the spirit of prophecy, succeeded Saint Ursmar.
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 25 April as an abbot and bishop of Lobbes, a man of prayer and prophecy who succeeded Saint Ursmar.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q976357 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ermin of Lobbes (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.