While still a boy he was sent as an oblate to Lobbes Abbey belonging to the Order of Saint Benedict in the County of Hainaut, where he was a diligent student, acquired much learning and became a monk of the abbey.
While still a boy he was sent as an oblate to Lobbes Abbey, where he was a diligent student, acquired much learning and became a monk of the abbey. This Lobbes Abbey was belonging to the Order of Saint Benedict in the County of Hainaut.