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Arnulf of Metz born August 13, 582 and died
August 16, 640.
Notes
on Arnulf of Metz:
Arnulf of Metz (August 13, 582 - August
16, 640) was a Frankish noble, who had great
influence in the Merovingian kingdoms as
bishop and was later canonized as a saint.
Arnulf
gave distinguished service at the Austrasian
court under Theudebert II (595-612). In
613, however, with Pippin of Landen he led
the aristocratic opposition to Queen Brunhilda
of Austrasia that led to her downfall and
the reunification of Frankish lands under
Clotaire II. Though he wanted to retread
to the Vosges mountains as a hermit, he
was persuaded to stay and became Bishop
of Metz.
From
623, again with Pepin, now Mayor of the
Austrasian palace, Arnulf was adviser to
Dagobert I, before finally retiring in 627
to implement his long-time resolution and
become a mountain hermit with his friend
Romaric.
Before
he was consecrated, he had two sons:
Ansegisel
Chlodulf, who later also became bishop of
Metz
Ansegisel married Pippin's daughter, Begga,
and the son of this marriage, Pippin the
Middle, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.
The
existence of third son called Martin is
considered dubious.
Arnulf
was canonized and is known as the patron
saint of brewing. His feast day is either
July 18 or August 16. In iconography, he
is portrayed with a rake in his hand. He
is often confused in legend with Arnold
of Soissons, another patron saint of brewing.
He is also known as Saint Arnold.
Uncertain
Ancestry
While Arnulf is recognised as
one of the earliest documented ancestors
of, say, Charlemagne and thereby most modern
European Royal families, Arnulf's own parentage
is both uncertain and undocumented:
Some have claimed that Arnulf's father
was Arnoldus (b Abt. 535, Saxony, Germany
- d. 600), and that his mother was Ada of
Swabia
According to Frankish myth, Arnulf was the
son of Bodigisel.
Others have claimed that Arnulf's mother
was Berthe, Princess of Paris (539-640)
Still others hold that Arnulf descended
from Mellobaude thus:
Mellobaude (320 - 376)
Richemir (350 - 384) married Ascyla (352
- )
Theodemir Magnus (370 - 414) married Valentina
Justina (- 414)
Clovis the Riparian (398 - 448) married
Ildegonde de Cologne (399 - 450)
Childebert of Cologne (430 - 483) married
Amalaberge (435 - 478)
Siegbert the Lame (- 509)
Cloderic of Cologne (477 -509) married Parricide
Munderic (500 - 532) married Arthenia (500
-)
Bodegisel I married Palatina
Bodegisel II (- 588) married Oda of Suevian
Arnulf (582 - 641) married Dode (586 - 612)
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Ansegisel
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Chlodulf |
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