Eglise Saint Aubert

Saint-Aubert, Bishop of Cambrai, was a hermit who chose to live as a hermit on the mountain.

He worked as a baker and with the help of his donkey sold bread to the rich and distributed the proceeds to the poor . His village was named Mont-Saint-Aubert in his honor in the sixth century.

Around the 11th century, a chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity was built on the mountain . At that time , pilgrims went there to honor the Blessed Virgin. However, the pilgrims, discouraged by the difficulty of the journey, abandoned the cult of Notre-Dame in favor of that of the Virgin of the Tumulus (Notre-Dame-de-la-Tombe chapel in Cain).

In the 14th century, the fanatical sect of the Flagellants asked their followers to climb the mountain barefoot, wear a black hat and carry a whip to obtain mercy .

Willem Vandenameele