Saint Lomer of Corbion
Also known as
- Laumer
- Laudomarus
- Launomar
- Launomaro
- 19 January
- 5 January on some calendars
Profile
Born to a poor family, as a boy he worked as a shepherd near Chartres, France. Priest. Treasurer of the cathedral chapter of Chatres, France. Hermit near Chartres in the forest of Perche, France. His reputation for holiness spread, disciples gathers, and Lomer founded the monastery of Corbion to house them, and served as its first abbot. He lived to be over a hundred.
Born
- Neuville-la-Mare, Diocese of Chartres, France
- January 593 of natural causes
- buried in the church of Saint-Martin-du-Val
- re-interred at Corbion Abbey in 595
- some relics transferred to Avranches, France
- some relics transferred to Le Mans, France
- some relics transferred to Moissac, France in 912
- relics at Corbion Abbey burned by Huguenots in 1567
MLA Citation
- “Saint Lomer of Corbion“. CatholicSaints.Info. 2 October 2021. Web. 28 April 2024. <>