Burials at Lorsch Abbey

King of East Francia from 843 to 876

King of East Francia

Queen consort of the Franks

Richbod was a Frankish monk and prelate who was the Abbot of Lorsch from 784 and and Archbishop of Trier from around 792, holding all three of these positions concurrently. He is first documented as a monk in the Lorsch monastery, where he worked as a document clerk. After, he would be noticed and picked up as a student of Alcuin at the court of Charlemagne. Whilst under king he would rise to role of advisor and be awarded the titles of:

Roman martyrs