Heriger of Lobbes [SEP] position held
Heriger of Lobbes
Heriger of Lobbes (Herigerus) (c. 925 – 31 October 1007) was an abbot of the abbey of Lobbes between 990-1007 and is remembered for his writings as theologian and historian.
Biography.
After studying at the cathedral school of Liège, he became a Benedictine monk at the monastery of Lobbes, where he was scholasticus of the monastic school for many years.
In 990, when Folcwin died, the monks wrote a letter to Notger, bishop of Liège, and to Rothard
is April 19. His sarcophagus is in the crypt of the parish church in Lobbes (as well as the sarcophagus of his successor, Saint Ermin. A Life was written by Heriger of Lobbes.