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Roepnaam is Arnulf.
Hij is geboren rond 13 augustus 582 in NancyLorraine
Frankish Kingdom.
Hij werd gedoopt in Bishop of, Mentz, resigned, 632.
Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in Mayor Of The Palace Bishop Of Metz, In 612.
Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in Saint.
Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in Saint.
Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in Bishop of, Mentz, resigned, 632.
Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in Bishop of, Mentz, resigned, 632.
Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in Saint.
Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in het jaar 612 in Mayor of the, Palace, Bishop of Metz.
Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 25 juni 1923.
Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 25 juni 1923.
Beroepen:

in het jaar 610 unknown.
in het jaar 616 BishopsMetz Duitsland in Holy Roman Empire.

Woonachtig:

France.
France.

(Misc Event) in het jaar 612.
(Misc Event) in het jaar 613.
(Misc Event) in het jaar 624.
(Misc Event) op 17 december 693France.
Hij is overleden op 18 juli 640 in Remiremont Church of the ApostlesMetz
Lorraine France.
Hij is begraven op 16 augustus 640 in Church of the ApostlesMetz
Lorraine France.
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Gezin van Arnoul Bishop of Metz "Arnulf" Bishop of Metz

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Ansegisel de Metz ± 602-± 662

Notities over Arnoul Bishop of Metz "Arnulf" Bishop of Metz

Weis: Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dagobert; Bishop of Metz, 612.

Bishop of Metz ?-641 Arnulf was a powerful Austrasian noble during the time o f Mayor Pepin I,and their two children Ansegisel and Begga were married. Accor ding toFrankish myth, Arnulf was the son of Bodigisel, a supposed son of SaintGendolphus, Bishop of Tongress, and Oda de Savoy. This bishop was anactual hi storical figure, the son of Arthemia and Munderic of Vitry.According again to the myths, Munderic was the son of Cloderic theParicide, son of the historic S igisbert the Lame. This Sigisbert was theson of King Childebert of Keulen, an other historical figure that diedsometime shortly after 450. He was the supose d son of one Clovis theRiparian who died after 420. [New Cunard.ged]

Bishop of Metz ?-641 Arnulf was a powerful Austrasian noble during the time o f Mayor Pepin I,and their two children Ansegisel and Begga were married. Accor ding toFrankish myth, Arnulf was the son of Bodigisel, a supposed son of SaintGendolphus, Bishop of Tongress, and Oda de Savoy. This bishop was anactual hi storical figure, the son of Arthemia and Munderic of Vitry.According again to the myths, Munderic was the son of Cloderic theParicide, son of the historic S igisbert the Lame. This Sigisbert was theson of King Childebert of Keulen, an other historical figure that diedsometime shortly after 450. He was the supose d son of one Clovis theRiparian who died after 420.

Name Prefix: Saint Name Suffix: Bishop Of Metz Coming from a prominent Austrian brewing family (important already in 580 a.d.), St. Arnold is considered the patron saint of brewers. Name Suffix: Bishop of Metz [DeLa Pole.FTW]

Sources: RC 53, 171, 358; AF; Kraentzler 1635; Collins; Pfafman; "The Franks;" The Carolingian Ancestry of Edmond Hawes, Alice Freeman and Thomas James by Henry James Young. Along with Pepin, the Mayor of the Palace inAustrasia, Arnoul (Arnulf) was a chief advisor of Dagobert. RC calls him a tutor of Dagobert. Bishop of Metz. K: St. Arnuld, the Holy, Majordomo and Bishop of Metz. Born after 13 June 562. Buried Habendum an der Mozel, later at St. Arnulf's Church at Metz. Carolingian: St Arnulph, died 641, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, later bishop of Metz. No wife listed. Collins (or Smallwood) mixes up St. Arnold, Bishop of Metz. with Arnoaldus, Bishop of Metz.

GIVN St Arnoul, de SURN Metz AFN 9GC9-0M _PRIMARY Y EVEN Bishop of Metz TYPE Appointed DATE BEF 628 PLAC Metz EVEN King Dagobert of Austrasia TYPE Counselor DATE BET 628 AND 639 PLAC Metz DATE 10 SEP 2000 TIME 06:57:57

GIVN St. Arnoul (Arnulf) Bishop SURN Metz NSFX **
! RELAIONSHIP: H. Reed Black is 37th GG Son.

GIVN St._Arnoul (Arnoldus) Bishop_of SURN Metz Colonial and Revolutinary Lineages of America (973 D2ah) Vol. 2. Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, by Michael L. Call, Chart 701. Also spelled St. Arnoul, Bishop of Metz. Ancestry and Progeny of Captain James Blount - Inmigrant. by RobertFfafman p.E- 30,

OCCU Bishop of Metz ... SOUR COMYNR.TAF says CIR 13 Aug 582, Austrasia;www.public.asu.edu/bgertz/family says ABT 582;Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 129, 249 says 582; COLLINS.ROY; al7fl.abts.net/green-page/greenged.html says AFT 13 Aug 582; SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 129 says 16 Aug 640; COMYN4.TAF, p. 10 says ABT 640/64 1;al7fl.abts.net/green-page/greenged.html; misc.traveller.com/genealogy/gedhtml/kmilburn says 16Aug 641 SOUR COLLINS.ROY (Compuserve); al7fl.abts.net/green-page/greenged.html ; Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 36, 129; www.public.asu.edu/bgertz/family/d0000 Saint Arnulf Von Metz - COMYNR.TAF (Compuserve Roots), p.4; St. Arnulf (Arnoul) - COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve), p. 10; COMYNR.TAF (Compuserve Roots) says that the parents I have listed as Doda's parents (which was info obtained from COMYN4.TAF) were actually the parents of Arnulf. I believe the COMYN4 file is correct - NLP; Major Domus de Austrasia, Eveque of Metz - COMYNI.GED, #1594;ADAM.TXT (Compuserve) says father was Ausbert de Moselle-NLP ARNOUL DE METZ, son of BODEGISEL II and ODA: St. Arnulf (Arnoul), Bishop of Metz, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and tutor of Dagobert - Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 129 ADAM.ZIP (GS) says father was Arnoul, son of Ausbert de Moselle - ADAM.ZIP(GS) http://misc.traveller.com/genealo gy/gedhtml/kmilburn/d0001/g0000049.htm#I1347 & http://www.public.asu.edu/~bgertz/family/d0001/g0000067.htm#I2045 say father was Arnoul (Bishop of Metz), son of Ausbert de Moselle http://www.teleport.com/~ddonahue/donahue/d0001/s0000043.htm#I2228 says parents were Arnoldus & Oda of Saxony - NPH http://www.public.asu.edu/~bgertz/family/d0002/g0000072.htm#I2043 says parents were Arnoldus of Saxony (son of Ausbert de Moselle and Bertha de Kent) and Ode of Saxony - NPH http://www.public.asu.edu/~bgertz/family/d0003/g0000083.htm#I2411 says parents were Bodegisel II and Oda - NPH http://al7fl.abts.net/green-page/greenged.html/d0008/g0000105.html#I27201 says parents are Ansbertus (son of Ferreol and Dode) and Bilichilde - NPH He was Bishop of Metz, Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dogobert, tonsured late summer 613. He may have been married "Abt 596". He may have died 18Jul 641. [This child may not have the parents indicated; the first source indicates that Bodegisel II is the father of Saint

Name Prefix: Saint Name Suffix: Bishop Of Metz
!NAME: "Arnoldus,"
!TITLE: ". . . Bishop of Metz,. . . Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dogobert, tonsured late summer 613;"
!MARRIAGE: ". . . m. ca. 596 Dode (Clothile) who became a nun at Treves in 613,"
!BIRTH: ". . .aft. Aug. 13, 582;"
!DEATH:". . . Aug. 16, 640, at Remirmont,"
!BURIAL: ". . . in the Church of the Apostles at Metz

St. Arnout

Tutor of Dagobert, Bishop of Metz 612.

A Frankish noble, Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasiancourt under Theudebert II (595-612). In 613, however, with Pepin, he led the aristocratic opposition to Brunhild that led to her downfall and to the reunification of Frankish lands under Chlotar II. About the same year, he became bishop.
From 623, again with Pepin, now mayor of the Austrasian palace, Arnulf was adviser to Dagobert I, before retiring (629?) to become a hermit. Arnulf's son Ansegisel married Pepin's daughter Begga; the son of this marriage, Pepin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.

[s2.FTW]

Source: Church of JC of the LDS "Ancestral File" CD-Rom database, ver 4.17.

Arnulf of Metz

b. 582, near Nancy
d. 18 July 641, near Remiremont

Feast day, 19 August. This Arnulf (Arnoul) passed his earlier life at the court of Theodebert II, king of Austrasia; throught the marriage of his elder son with a daughter of Pepin of Landen (St. Begga), he became an ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty. At the age of thirty, he wanted to retire from public life, but instead in 614 he was chosen Bishop of Metz, though still a layman. He continued to act as adviser to King Chlotar II, whom he had helped to the Frankish throne, and was tutor to his son Dagobert. Arnulf made further attempts to resign his offices, but it was not till 629 that he was able to retire to the Vosges mountains. Here his friend St. Romaric had preceded him and begun the
monastic community at Habend that was late r called Remiremont. St. Arnulf settled near by, and lived there till his death twelve years later.

From The Avenel Dictionary of the Saints, Donald Attwater (New York; Avenel Books, 1965). Quoted in http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/html/chl-enter.html.

mytical: Father: Bodigisel II
mytical: Mother: Oda de Savoy
Source: Church of JC of the LDS "Ancestral File" CD-Rom database, ver 4.17.

Arnulf of Metz

b. 582, near Nancy
d. 18 July 641, near Remiremont

Feast day, 19 August. This Arnulf (Arnoul) passed his earlier life at the court of Theodebert II, king of Austrasia; throught the marriage of his elder son with a daughter of Pepin of Landen (St. Begga), he became an ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty. At the age of thirty, he wanted to retire from public life, but instead in 614 he was chosen Bishop of Metz, though still a layman. He continued to act as adviser to King Chlotar II, whom he had helped to the Frankish throne, and was tutor to his son Dagobert. Arnulf made further attempts to resign his offices, but it was not till 629 that he was able to retire to the Vosges mountains. Here his friend St. Romaric had preceded him and begun the
monastic community at Habend that was late r called Remiremont. St. Arnulf settled near by, and lived there till his death twelve years later.

From The Avenel Dictionary of the Saints, Donald Attwater (New York; Avenel Books, 1965). Quoted in http://www8.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/html/chl-enter.html.

mytical: Father: Bodigisel II
mytical: Mother: Oda de Savoy

Basic Life Information

Arnoald, also called Arnoldus or Arnual (ca 560 - ca 611), was a Bishop of Metz between 601 and 609 or 611, the successor of Agilulf, and a Margrave of Schelde. He was the son of Ansbertus, a Senator, and wife Blithilde.

Marriage and Children

Married before 584 to Oda (?), born ca 564, they were the parents of:
Saint Itta, married to Pippin of Landen
Dode or Doda, also called Dode of Metz, Dode of Old Saxony or Doda the Saxon, who became a nun in 612 at Treves becoming called also Clothilde of Treves, born ca 584, married ca 596 to Arnulf of Metz

Father of St. Arnulf of Metz

It is a subject of much debate among genealogists whether or not Arnoald is the father of Arnulf bishop of Metz, who, according to Christian Settipani's early publications, is a perfect candidate. Settipani contradicts himself in newer publications, stating that Arnulf of Metz couldn't have been Arnoald's son given to no mention of the former having any royal blood. Further speculation indicate Arnulf's father could be a Bodegisel, based on documents from old Frankish legends. This statement is also uncertain. He states instead that Arnoald was Arnulf's father in law.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnoald>

Basic Life Information

Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings-family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbert and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods", without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious, it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Marriage and Children

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, born ca 584 and daughter of Arnoald and wife Oda (?), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_of_Metz>

Other Source

Patron Saint of Brewers

Saint Arnold was born to a prominent Austrian family in 580 in the Chateau of Lay-Saint-Christophe in the old French diocese of Toul, north of Nancy. He married Doda with whom he had many sons, two of whom were to become famous: Clodulphe, later called Saint Cloud, and Ansegis who married Begga, daughter of Pépin de Landen. Ansegis and Begga are the great-great-grandparents of Charlemagne, and as such, Saint Arnold is the oldest known ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty.

Saint Arnold was acclaimed bishop of Metz, France, in 612 and spent his holy life warning peasants about the dangers of drinking water. Beer was safe, and "from man's sweat and God's love, beer came into the world." The people revered Arnold. In 627, Saint Arnold retired to a monastery near Remiremont, France, where he died on August 16, 640.

In 641, the citizens of Metz requested that Saint Arnold's body be exhumed and ceremoniously carried to Metz for reburial in their Church of the Holy Apostles. During this voyage a miracle came to pass in the town of Champignuelles. The tired porters and followers stopped for a rest and walked into a tavern for a drink of their favorite beverage. Regretfully, there was only one mug of beer to be shared, but that mug never ran dry and all of the thirsty pilgrims were satisfied.

Saint Arnold is recognized by the Catholic Church as the Patron Saint of Brewers
.
<http://www.saintarnold.com/brewery/saintarnold.html>

With Pepin I, he is the earliest known ancestor of Charlemagne. A Frankish
noble, Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under
Theodebert II (595-612). In 613, however, he led the aristocratic opposition
to Brunhild that led to her downfall and to the reunification of Frankish
lands under Chlotar II. Later, from 623, under Pepin as mayor of the palace,
Arnulf was advisor to Dagobert I, before retiring (629?) to become a hermit.
His grandson, Pepin II, became Charlemagne's grandfather.

Arnulf of Metz
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Carolingian dynasty
Pippinids
Pippin the Elder (c. 580–640)
Grimoald (616–656)
Childebert the Adopted (d. 662)

Arnulfings
Arnulf of Metz (582–640)
Chlodulf of Metz (d. 696 or 697)
Ansegisel (c.602–before 679)
Pippin the Middle (c.635–714)
Grimoald II (d. 714)
Drogo of Champagne (670–708)
Theudoald (d. 714)

Carolingians
Charles Martel (686–741)
Carloman (d. 754)
Pepin the Short (714–768)
Carloman I (751–771)
Charlemagne (d. 814)
Louis the Pious (778–840)

After the Treaty of Verdun (843)
Lothair I, Holy Roman Emperor (795–855)
(Middle Francia)
Charles the Bald (823–877)
(Western Francia)
Louis the German (804–876)
(Eastern Francia)

Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Scheldt. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came in hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an impportant leader of the Frankish Agilolfings-family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to implement his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Arnulf was married to a woman who may have been called Doda and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pippin of Landen. His father may have been Arnoald, who also was dux of the Scheldt before becoming bishop of Metz.

[edit] Sources
Alban Butler's lives of the saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.
Christian Settipani - La Préhistoire des Capétiens, Première Partie.
Life of Arnulf - translation

St. Arnulf
Feastday: July 18
640
Bishop and member of the court of the Frankish king Theodebert II of Austrasia, sometimes called Arnuiph or Arnulf of Metz. A noble, Arnulf married Doda, and their son was Ansegisel. Ansegisel married Beggia, the daughter of Pepin of Landen, starting the Carolingian dynasty of France. Doda became a nun, and Arnulf made plans to enter a monastery but was named the bishop of Nletz around 616. He continued his court services, making Clotaire of Neustria the king of Austrasia. He also served as counselor to Dagobert, King Clotaire's son. In 626, Arnulf retired to a hermitage at Remiremont, France.

With Pepin I, he is the earliest known ancestor of Charlemagne. A Frankish
noble, Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under
Theodebert II (595-612). In 613, however, he led the aristocratic opposition
to Brunhild that led to her downfall and to the reunification of Frankish
lands under Chlotar II. Later, from 623, under Pepin as mayor of the palace,
Arnulf was advisor to Dagobert I, before retiring (629?) to become a hermit.
His grandson, Pepin II, became Charlemagne's grandfather.

St. Arnulf
Feastday: July 18
640
Bishop and member of the court of the Frankish king Theodebert II of Austrasia, sometimes called Arnuiph or Arnulf of Metz. A noble, Arnulf married Doda, and their son was Ansegisel. Ansegisel married Beggia, the daughter of Pepin of Landen, starting the Carolingian dynasty of France. Doda became a nun, and Arnulf made plans to enter a monastery but was named the bishop of Nletz around 616. He continued his court services, making Clotaire of Neustria the king of Austrasia. He also served as counselor to Dagobert, King Clotaire's son. In 626, Arnulf retired to a hermitage at Remiremont, France.

With Pepin I, he is the earliest known ancestor of Charlemagne. A Frankish
noble, Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under
Theodebert II (595-612). In 613, however, he led the aristocratic opposition
to Brunhild that led to her downfall and to the reunification of Frankish
lands under Chlotar II. Later, from 623, under Pepin as mayor of the palace,
Arnulf was advisor to Dagobert I, before retiring (629?) to become a hermit.
His grandson, Pepin II, became Charlemagne's grandfather.

Saint Arnulf was Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dagobert, Bishop of Metz 612

Arnulf OF METZ, SAINT, French SAINT ARNOUL DE METZ (b. c. 580, near Nancy [France]--d. July 18, 640?, Remiremont; feast day August 16 or 19), bishop of Metz and, with Pepin I, the earliest known ancestor of Charlemagne. A Frankish noble, Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II (595-612). In 613, however, with Pepin, he led the aristocratic opposition to Brunhild that led to her downfall and to the reunification of Frankish lands under Chlotar II. About the same year, he became bishop. From 623, again with Pepin, now mayor of the Austrasian palace, Arnulf was adviser to Dagobert I, before retiring (629?) to become a hermit. Arnulf's son Ansegisel married Pepin's daughter Begga; the son of this marriage, Pepin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather. Source: "Arnulf OF METZ, SAINT" Britannica Online. [Accessed 10 February 1998].
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The following is from from saints.catholic.org/images/20pix.gif
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St. Arnulf d.c. 640 Feastday: July 18
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Bishop and member of the court of the Frankish king Theodebert II of
Austrasia, sometimes called Arnuiph or Arnulf of Metz. A noble,Arnulf
married Doda, and their son was Ansegisel. Ansegisel married Beggia, the daughter of Pepin of Landen, starting the Carolingian dynasty of France. Doda became a nun, and Arnulf made plans to enter a monastery but was named the bishop of Nletz around 616. He continued his court services, making Clotaire of Neustria the king of Austrasia. He also served as counselor to Dagobert, King Clotaire's son. In 626, Arnulf retired to a hermitage at Remiremont, France.

St. Arnulf
Feastday: July 18
640
Bishop and member of the court of the Frankish king Theodebert II of Austrasia, sometimes called Arnuiph or Arnulf of Metz. A noble, Arnulf married Doda, and their son was Ansegisel. Ansegisel married Beggia, the daughter of Pepin of Landen, starting the Carolingian dynasty of France. Doda became a nun, and Arnulf made plans to enter a monastery but was named the bishop of Nletz around 616. He continued his court services, making Clotaire of Neustria the king of Austrasia. He also served as counselor to Dagobert, King Clotaire's son. In 626, Arnulf retired to a hermitage at Remiremont, France.

With Pepin I, he is the earliest known ancestor of Charlemagne. A Frankish
noble, Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under
Theodebert II (595-612). In 613, however, he led the aristocratic opposition
to Brunhild that led to her downfall and to the reunification of Frankish
lands under Chlotar II. Later, from 623, under Pepin as mayor of the palace,
Arnulf was advisor to Dagobert I, before retiring (629?) to become a hermit.
His grandson, Pepin II, became Charlemagne's grandfather.

DESCENT: Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 7th ed., at 163 (1992). Line 190-8.

Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dagobert, Bishop of Metz 612, d. 16 Aug 640; m. abt. 596, Dode (Clothilde), who became a nun at Treves 612. They were the parents of St. Clodulf, Bishop of Metz, d. 690.

Catholic Encyclopedia (1908), "St. Arnulf of Metz. Statesman, bishop under the Merovingians, born c. 580; died c. 640. His parents belonged to a distinguished Frankish family, and lived in Austrasia, the eastern section of the kingdom founded by Clovis. In the school in which he was placed during his boyhood he excelled through his talent and his good behaviour. According to the custom of the age, he was sent in due time to the court of Theodebert II, King of Austrasia (595-612), to be initiated in the various branches of the government. Under the guidance of Gundulf, the Mayor of the Palace, he soon became so proficient that he was placed on the regular list of royal officers, and among the first of the kings ministers. He distinguished himself both as a military commander and in the civil administration; at one time he had under his care six distinct provinces. In due course Arnulf was married to a Frankish woman of noble lineage, by whom he had two sons, Anseghisel and Clodulf. While Arnulf was enjoying worldly emoluments and honours he did not forget higher and spiritual things. His thoughts dwelled often on monasteries, and with his friend Romaricus, likewise an officer of the court, he planned to make a pilgrimage to the Abbey of Lérins, evidently for the purpose of devoting his life to God. But in the meantime the Episcopal See of Metz became vacant. Arnulf was universally designated as a worthy candidate for the office, and he was consecrated bishop of that see about 611. In his new position he set the example of a virtuous life to his subjects, and attended to matters of ecclesiastical government. In 625 he took part in a council held by the Frankish bishops at Reims. With all this Arnulf retained his station at the court of the king, and took a prominent part in the national life of his people. In 613, after the death of Theodebert, he, with Pepin of Landen and other nobles, called to Austrasia Clothaire II, King of Neustria. When, in 625, the realm of Austrasia was entrusted to the kings son Dagobert, Arnulf became not only the tutor, but also the chief minister, of the young king. At the time of the estrangement between the two kings, and 625, Arnulf with other bishops and nobles tried to effect a reconciliation. But Arnulf dreaded the responsibilities of the episcopal office and grew weary of court life. About the year 626 he obtained the appointment of a successor to the Episcopal See of Metz; he himself and his friend Romaricus withdrew to a solitary place in the mountains of the Vosges. There he lived in communion with God until his death. His remains, interred by Romaricus, were transferred about a year afterwards, by Bishop Goeric, to the basilica of the Holy Apostles in Metz.
Of the two sons of Arnulf, Clodulf became his third successor in the See of Metz. Anseghisel remained in the service of the State; from his union with Begga, a daughter of Pepin of Landen, was born Pepin of Heristal, the founder of the Carlovingian dynasty. In this manner Arnulf was the ancestor of the mighty rulers of that house. The life or Arnulf exhibits to a certain extent the episcopal office and career in the Merovingian State. The bishops were much considered at court; their advice was listened to; they took part in the dispensation of justice by the courts; they had a voice in the appointment of royal officers; they were often used as the king's ambassadors, and held high administrative positions. For the people under their care, they were the protectors of their rights, their spokesmen before the king and the link uniting royalty with its subjects. The opportunities for good were thus unlimited; and Arnulf used them to good advantage."

A courtier of high standing in the Austrasian palace.
In the late summer of 613, he resigned, shaved his head and retired to the monastery at Lerins.
He died at Horenberg Monastery, Wasenwald. was buried at Hadenduman der Mozel, and later at St. Arnulf's Church at Metz. His feast-day is July 18

[Weis 163] Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dagobert, Bishop of Metz 612.

WFT5404 Saint Arnulfe Bishop Of Metz
WFT6402:St. Arulf
WFT 1453 (disk 6) and others say father was Arnoldus Of Saxony
His life tells us he was born about 582 and links him (though not genealogically) with a court official Gundulf, who seems to be the same as St. Gundulf d. 607, another Mayor of the Palace, who as an old man became Bishop of Tongres.

Arnulf of Metz (August 13, 582 – August 16, 640) was a Frankish noble who had great influence in the Merovingian kingdoms as a bishop and was later canonized as a saint. He is also known by his anglicized name, Arnold.

patron saint of brewing

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II (595-612). About 611 he was made bishop of Metz. In 613, Arnulf and Pippin of Landen, whose daughter Begga, had married Arnulf's son Ansegisel, led the opposition of Frankish nobles to Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Clotaire II, the dowager queen's nephew. Though Arnulf wanted to retreat to the Vosges mountains as a hermit, he was persuaded to stay and became the bishop of Metz.
From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. With his friend Romaric, he retired in 627 to a mountain site in the Vosges, to implement his lifelong resolution to become a hermit.

Before he was consecrated, he had two sons by his wife Doda: Ansegisel and Chlodulf. Ansegisel married Pippin's daughter Begga, and their child was Pippin the Middle, one of Charlemagne's great-grandfathers. Chlodulf, like his father, became bishop of Metz. The existence of third son called Martin is considered dubious.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church 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, who is another patron saint of brewing.

Saint Arnold Brewery, Houston, Texas, named after the saint, lists itself as the state's oldest microbrewery.
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Uncertain ancestry
While Arnulf is recognised as one of the earliest documented ancestors of Charlemagne and thereby of most modern European royal families, Arnulf's own parentage is both uncertain and undocumented. Some have claimed that Arnulf's father was Arnoldus (c.535–600), and that his mother was Ada of Swabia. Others, professing to quote Frankish legends, make Arnulf the son of Bodigisel. Still others have claimed that Arnulf's mother was Bertha, Princess of Paris (539–640).

Arnulf's more distant descent from a 4th-century "Mellobaude" may be a genealogical fantasy to flatter the Carolingians:
• Mellobaude (320-376)
• Richemir (350-384) married Ascyla (d.352)
• Theodemir Magnus (370-414) married Valentina Justina (d.414)
• Clovis the Ripuarian (398-448) married Ildegonde de Keulen (399-450)
• Childebert of Keulen (430-483) married Amalaberge (435-478)
• Siegbert the Lame (d.509)
• Cloderic of Keulen (477-509) married Parricide
• Munderic (500-532) married Arthenia (500)
• Bodegisel I married Palatina
• Bodegisel II (d.588) married Oda of Suevian
• Arnulf (582-641) married Dode (586-612)
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External links
• Catholic Encyclopedia 1908 "St. Arnulf of Metz"

[2803] COLVER31.TXT file

"Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists..." Line 190, Mayor of the Palace

"The Illustrious Lineage of the Royal House of Britain" St. Arnulphus, Major Domo, d 601; this chart says his father was Asbertus d 570

"Bloodline ..." p 168, d 641; this source shows a different ancestry for Arnulf leading through his mother to Lothar (son of Clovis) and through his father to Sigimer dau of Clodion of Tournai

http://library.monterey.edu/merrill/family/dorsett6/d0064/I3841.html name also listed as Arnulf, Bishop of Metz;dd 643/47. The Carolingeans table 2 Ancestral Roots p. 163>lists him as tutor of Dagbert, the father of Duke Ansige.
IGI lists him as father of Duke Ansgise
Stuart p. 129, 249: lists his father as Bodegisel II mother as Oda, a Suevian. See notes p. 128,129

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Arnoul was the 29th. Bishop of Metz, in 612. He was canoniz ed by the Church, Saint Arnoul. He became the Mayor of th e Palace of Austrasia, and tutor of Dagobert. In the year 6 14, when Clotaire II had had Brunehaut killed, he remaine d the only descendant of the sons of Clovis alive. But he i s only a toy in the hands of the Franc aristocracy both la y and ecclesiastic. At the head of each of the three ancien t kingdoms, Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy, the Major Dom us [Mayor of the Palace] gains progressively greater import ance. On 18 October 614, Clotaire II signed the Edict of Pa ris which in 27 articles, essentially formed the basic powe r structure for the Council of Bishops and the Assembly o f the Greats [nobles].

In 623, Clotaire II was pushed by the Bishop of Metz and al so Pepin [Le Vieux de Landen] , the Mayor of the Palace t o give Austrasia its own King. Thus, Clotaire II's son Dago bert became King of Austrasia and under the tutelage of Arn oul.

Arnoul was the 29th. Bishop of Metz, in 612. He was canonized by the Church, Saint Arnoul. He became the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, and tutor of Dagobert. In the year 614, when Clotaire II had had Brunehaut killed, he remained the only descendant of the sons of Clovis alive. But he is only a toy in the hands of the Franc aristocracy both lay and ecclesiastic. At the head of each of the three ancient kingdoms, Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy, the Major Domus [Mayor of the Palace] gains progressively greater importance. On 18 October 614, Clotaire II signed the Edict of Paris which in 27 articles, essentially formed the basic power structure for the Council of Bishops and the Assembly of the Greats.
In 0627, he resigned all of his dignities and spent the rest of his life in a cave at Remiremont on the Moselle River in the Vosges Mountains with his friend Saint Roma Ric. He is the Patron Saint of Brewers and Millers and surely ought to be the Patron of Genealolgists, as he is invoked as the finder of things lost.
While Arnulf is recognised as one of the earliest documented ancestors of Charlemagne and thereby of most modern European royal families, Arnulf's own parentage is both uncertain and undocumented.

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Upon arriving at the Royal Court during his(Arnulf) adolescence, he came under the supervision of Gandulf, Mayor of the Palace, near Mentz. He began his military career when he entered the service of King Theudebert, II, son of Childebert, II. When, in 613, the nobles of Austrasia had grown weary of Brunhild's authoritarian rule, they supported Chlotar, II, and Burnhild's regin came to an end upon his death. Arnulf supported Chlotar during this time and was an ally of Pippin of Landen(AKA Pippin The Elder) . Pippin's daughter Begga, married Arnulf's son, Ansegisel.

After CHlotar's victory, he awarded the see of Mentz to Arnulf. As Bishop of Mentz, he was the Bishop of the capitial city of Austrasia. When Chlotar II established his son, Dagobert of Metz, Arnulf was made his counciler and was responcable for his upbringing and governing the realm.

It was at this time that Pippin was made Mayor of the Pallace, to share in Arnulf's, responsibilities. The Mayor of the Palace was responsible for oversight of the Royal Domains, thus Pippen and Arnulf were equals in governing the Realm.

Around 620, Arnulf desided that he wish to return to the monastic lifstyle that he had enjoyed during his early manhood. It was a quest that would take almost ten years to accomplish. Chlotar II did not wish this to happen and refused his permission. When Chlotar died in 629, Arnulf was finally able to retire near Habendum where he remain the rest of his life.

He was buried at Remiremont Monastary. His reputation as a saint was almost immediate. During the Goeric episcopacy, his body was reintured at Metz.

Rule now passed to Pippin. Pippin was in for a struggle. He had the support of the sons of Arnulf, one of whom was his son-in-law, but other famlies sought to have a say in the matters of church and state.

One such story involved Chrodoald, whose descendants would later be the Agilofing of Bavaria, who tried to come between Dagobert and the family of Arnulf and Pippin. Upon careful consideration, Dagobert ordered the death of Chrodoald. Many other attemps would come and go, but a powerbase was not an easy thing to keep in those days.

From 629 to 639, Pippin held no offical titie, as Dagobert had become of age and ruled in his own stead. When Dagobert died in 639, Pippin tried to again regain his position by conspiring with the Archbishop Cunibert to have Sigebert III recognized King. Dagobert had ordered the kingdom split and Astriatia was to have its own king. Again he held the title of Mayor of the Palace. One problem was that although Austritia was made a kingdom once more, the treasury was still in the control of Sigebert III's mother, Pippen wuickly managed to aquire a sizeable portion of it and return it to Metz. It was to be one of only a few acts that he would accomplish as he died unexpectedly in 640.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Arnulf of Metz (August 13, 582 - August 16, 640) was a Frankish noble,who had great influence in the Merovingian kingdoms as bishop and waslater made a saint.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court underTheudebert II (595-612). In 613, however, with Pippin of Landen he ledthe aristocratic opposition to Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia that ledto her downfall and the reunification of Frankish lands under ClotaireII. About the same year, he became Bishop of Metz.

From 623, again with Pippin, now Mayor of the Austrasian palace,Arnulf was adviser to Dagobert I, before retiring in 627 to become ahermit in the Vosges mountains with his friend Romaric.

Before he was consecrated, he had three children by his wife, Doda:

Ansegisel
Chlodulf
Martin
Ansegisel married Pippin's daughter, Begga, and the son of thismarriage, Pippin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.

Arnulf was canonized and is known as the patron saint of brewing. Hisfeast day is either July 18 or August 16. In iconography, he isportrayed with a rake in his hand. He is often confused in the legendswith Arnold of Soissons, another patron saint of brewing. He is alsoknown as Saint Arnold.

Notes d'Eddie de TASSIGNY :
Domestique : C'était la première charge de la Couronne après celle de maire du Palais Notez bien que saint Arnoul (Arnulf) de Metz est le dernier ascendant agnatique certifié de Charlemagne. Tous ses ancêtres sont donnés à titre d'hypothèses... (tyndare d'après Settipani)

St. Arnout

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 made 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. About the same year, he became Bishop of Metz.

From 623, again with Pippin, now Mayor of the Austrasian palace, Arnulf was adviser to Dagobert I, before retiring in 627 to become a hermit in the Vosges mountains with his friend Romaric.

Before he was consecrated, he had three children by his wife, Doda:

* Ansegisel
* Chlodulf
* Martin

Ansegisel married Pippin's daughter, Begga, and the son of this marriage, Pippin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.

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 the legends with Arnold of Soissons, another patron saint of brewing. He is also known as Saint Arnold.

Wikipedia

Saint Arnulf of Metz

born c. 580, near Nancy [France]
died July 18, 640?, Remiremont; feast day August 16 or 19

French Saint Arnoul de Metz bishop of Metz and, with Pippin I, the earliest known ancestor of Charlemagne.

A Frankish noble, Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II (595–612). In 613, however, with Pippin, he led the aristocratic opposition to Brunhild that led to her downfall and to the reunification of Frankish lands under Chlotar II. About the same year, he became bishop.

From 623, again with Pippin, who was by then mayor of the Austrasian palace, Arnulf was adviser to Dagobert I, before retiring (629?) to become a hermit. Arnulf's son Ansegisel married Pippin's daughter Begga; the son of this marriage, Pippin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Weis has seven more generations of ancestors for Arnulf: Bodegeisel II, St. Gondolfus, Munderic, Coderic, Sigebert the Lame, Childebert, and Clovis the Riparian.

Parke's Newletter 'Saints Preserve Us'] Arnulf (Arnould) (582-641),
Bishop of Metz, Mayor of the Palace and counselor of the two Frankish
Merovingian kings. He retired from the bishopric in 629 to a hermitage
where he died Aug 16 641. A part of his cranium is clearly visible in a
reliquary in the Metz Cathedral sacristy. Also on view is Arnulf's
small gold ring...may date from the 4th century..
[Ahnentafel by Philippe Houdry, from various sources, ver. 3 (Aug. 31,
1994) posted by Tom Camfield]: Saint Arnulf/Arnoul, b. ca. 582, d. July
18 640, Mayor of the Palace of Austrsie, Bishop of Metz 613-629.
Merged General Note:
Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dagobert [Ref: Weis AR #190]
Bishop of Metz 612 [Ref: Weis AR #190] Roots of Sixty Colonists, 6th
Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1988.

after 13 Aug. 582

#Générale#Né vers 580, Arnoul appartient à une grande famille de la Woëvre. Devenu adulte il entre au service de Théodebert II dont il est un temps intendant des domaines royaux.
Il songe à se retirer pour mener une vie ascétique mais sa famille parvient à le marier à Doda. Par sa position de leude à la cour il entre dans l'opposition contre Brunehaut (ou Brunehilde) et s'allie avec Clotaire II. Suite à cela il se retrouve associé à Pépin de Landen ; ils partageront le pouvoir et leurs enfants se marieront.
En 613, Clotaire II devient maître de tout le royaume et récompense ses fidèles. Arnoul se voit ainsi octroyer en 614 le siège épiscopal de Metz - qui est la capitale du royaume d'Austrasie -, il est également domesticus et palatinus. Enfin Clotaire le nomme précepteur de son fils Dagobert.
En 629, lorsque meurt Clotaire II, il peut enfin se retirer et entrer dans les ordres. Sa vie, où il a laissé le souvenir d'un grand d'Austrasie, malgré son opposition à Brunehilde, mais aussi surtout sa légende, dite Légende de Saint Arnoul, a marqué profondément la mémoire des régions de l'Est de la France
La légende:
Saint Arnoul décida un beau jour de jeter son anneau dans la Moselle. Son geste est une preuve d'humilité. En le jetant il dit : "Je croirai que Dieu m'a pardonné mes péchés quand je retrouverai cet anneau". De là est née cette fameuse légende qui laisse penser qu'un poisson avala l'anneau et fut servi peu de temps après à la table épiscopale. A en croire la légende, Dieu est entré indirectement en contact avec Arnoul qui fut lavé de ses péchés et fit de lui un représentant légitime de Dieu sur terre.
Aurait épousé sa demi-soeur?

#Générale#Profession : Maire.du.Palais d'Austrasie,
Evêque de Metz (614-629)

{geni:about_me} '''Arnulf''' (or '''Arnoul'''), Bishop of Metz. Venerated in Roman Catholic Church Feast July 18, Patron Saint of beer brewing, Stammvater und Hausheiliger der Karolinger.

His ancestry is uncertain. He was probably son of [http://www.geni.com/people/Bodegisel-II-duke-of-Aquitaine/4636046500120041965 Bodegisel II] and his wife [http://www.geni.com/people/Oda-abbess-of-Amay/6000000007821893260 Oda], but experts disagree.

==* Wikipedia English: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_of_Metz Arnulf of Metz]==
==* Wikipedia Français: [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnoul_de_Metz Arnoul de Metz]==
==* Wikipedia Nederlands: [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_van_Metz Arnulf van Metz]==
*See the line of his descendants to '''Sweden''' and '''Finland''' in this article (in Swedish):
Small Resume ; Spanish
http://www.genealogia.fi/genos/34/34_9.htm
*For a cautionary discussion about the ancestry of St. Arnulf, see http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/gen-medieval/1996-08/0840576598

Kelley (1947) investigated the connection of Charlemagne to Syagrius in detail. He used a 9th century pedigree of Charlemagne, but rejected its clearly incorrect claim that Arnulf de Metz was the son of Arnoald de Metz. He also drew on various saints' lives. Kelley now concurs with Settipani's revised version of that pedigree. Jarnut has also explored this connection (1986, pp. 14-22).

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Arnulf of Metz;From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (For other uses, see St Arnulf disambiguation).
*Saint Arnulf of Metz (c. 582, Lay-Saint-Christophe, Meurthe-et-Moselle — 640) was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia, who retired to the Abbey of Remiremont.
*Arnulf was born to an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. His father was Baudgise or Baudegisel II of Aquitaine or Carthage (d. 588), Palace Mayor and Duke of Sueve. His mother was Oda..
*In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court of king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and sent to serve as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his career he was attracted to religious life, and he retired to become a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In French he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of unbroken descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman whom later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen. Arnulf is thus the male-line grandfather of Charles Martel and great-great grandfather of Charlemagne.
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Medieval Lands database (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy):

ARNOUL [Arnulf], son of [ARNOLD & his wife ---] ([580/85]-Remiremont 18 Jul [640], bur Remiremont, later transferred to Metz, basilique de Saint-Arnoul). The origins of Arnulf are unknown. The Vita Sancti Arnulfi names "Arnulfus episcopus prosapia genitus Francorum" but gives no further details of his ancestry[42]. The Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis names "Arnulfus…ex nobilissimo fortissimoque Francorum stemmate ortus", with no further information on his parentage, as ninth bishop of Metz and "palatii moderator"[43]. A 9th century genealogy names "beatum Arnulfum episcopum" as the son of Arnold[44]. Settipani points out that this genealogy forms part of a series compiled at Metz, from the late 8th century onwards, which glorify the ancestry of the Carolingian dynasty by establishing descent from the early Merovingians as well as from a family of Roman senatorial origin[45]. Further confusion is added by the Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis which names "Agiulfus" as sixth bishop of Metz, stating that "patre ex nobili senatorum familia orto, ex Chlodovei regis Francorum filia procreatus", and that "nepos ipsius…Arnoaldus" succeeded him as bishop[46], the alleged senatorial and Merovingian ancestry appearing to provide the basis for the 9th century genealogy although the latter assigns the descent to what appears to be a different Arnold. The Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis makes no family connection between Arnulf and his predecessor bishops. Another genealogy from the 8th/9th century names "Buotgisus" as father of "Arnulfum…episcopum urbis Metensium", although the editor of the Monumenta Germaniæ in which this is published cites another source which names "Burtgisus, qui a multis cognominatur Arnoaldus" although the dating of the latter is unclear[47]. Arnulf entered the service of Theodebert King of Austrasia, becoming intendant of the royal domains. Together with Warnachar, maior domus of the palace of Burgundy, he helped King Clotaire II defeat King Sigebert II and the latter's great-grandmother Queen Brunechildis in 613[48]. Sigeberto's Vita Landiberto episcopi Traiectensis names "Pippinus…principes Francorum…paterni avi eius Arnulfi", specifying that he was "primo maior domus regis post Mettensis episcopus"[49], although no other document has been found which indicates that Arnulf held the position of maior domus in Austrasia. Elected Bishop of Metz in [613], Arnulf retired to the monastery of Remiremont, Vosges in 629. A charter dated 20 Feb 691 of "Pippinus filius Ansegisili quondam necnon…matrone mea Plectrudis" donating property to the church of St Arnulf at Metz specifies that "domnus et avus noster Arnulphus" was buried in the church[50]. A list of bishops of Metz records "Arnulfus" as 29th bishop, that he held the position for 10 years, and died "XVII Kal Sep"[51].

m [DODA], daughter of ---. The 11th century life of her son Chlodulf names “mater…Chlodulfi Doda”[52]. Settipani states that this is the only source which names Arnulf´s wife, and inevitably casts doubt on the accuracy of the source written several centuries after she lived[53].

Arnulf & his wife had [three] children:

1. CHLODULF ([610]-8 May [697]

2. ANSEGISEL ([612]-killed [662]).

3. WALCHISUS .
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKSMaiordomi.htm
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Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

Sources

1. ^ Vita Arnulfi c. 1, MG. SS. rer. Merov. 2, p. 432.

2. ^ Cf. R. Schieffer, Die Karolinger, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Köln, 2nd ed., 1997.

* Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.

* Christian Settipani - La Préhistoire des Capétiens, Première Partie.

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St Arnulf (Arnoul), 'de Heristal' Bishop Of Metz, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and tutor of Dagobert.

Source: 'Royalty for Commoners', Roderick W. Stuart, 1993, p 129. 'Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants', Langston & Buck, 1986, p cv.

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Arnulf of Metz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Born 582 AD

Died 640 AD

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church

Feast July 18

Attributes portrayed with a rake in his hand

Carolingian dynasty

Pippinids

* Pippin the Elder (c. 580–640)

* Grimoald (616–656)

* Childebert the Adopted (d. 662)

Arnulfings

* Arnulf of Metz (582–640)

* Chlodulf of Metz (d. 696 or 697)

* Ansegisel (c.602–before 679)

* Pippin the Middle (c.635–714)

* Grimoald II (d. 714)

* Drogo of Champagne (670–708)

* Theudoald (d. 714)

Carolingians

* Charles Martel (686–741)

* Carloman (d. 754)

* Pepin the Short (714–768)

* Carloman I (751–771)

* Charlemagne (d. 814)

* Louis the Pious (778–840)

After the Treaty of Verdun (843)

* Lothair I, Holy Roman Emperor (795–855)

(Middle Francia)

* Charles the Bald (823–877)

(Western Francia)

* Louis the German (804–876)

(Eastern Francia)

Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

Sources

1. ^ Vita Arnulfi c. 1, MG. SS. rer. Merov. 2, p. 432.

2. ^ Cf. R. Schieffer, Die Karolinger, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Köln, 2nd ed., 1997.

* Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.

* Christian Settipani - La Préhistoire des Capétiens, Première Partie.

See also

* Descent from antiquity

External links

Sister project Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Arnoul de Metz

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Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Arnulf of Metz

St. Arnulf of Metz

Statesman, bishop under the Merovingians, born c. 580; died c. 640. His parents belonged to a distinguished Frankish family, and lived in Austrasia, the eastern section of the kingdom founded by Clovis. In the school in which he was placed during his boyhood he excelled through his talent and his good behaviour. According to the custom of the age, he was sent in due time to the court of Theodebert II, King of Austrasia (595-612), to be initiated in the various branches of the government. Under the guidance of Gundulf , the Mayor of the Palace, he soon became so proficient that he was placed on the regular list of royal officers, and among the first of the kings ministers. He distinguished himself both as a military commander and in the civil administration; at one time he had under his care six distinct provinces. In due course Arnulf was married to a Frankish woman of noble lineage, by whom he had two sons, Anseghisel and Clodulf. While Arnulf was enjoying worldly emoluments and honours he did not forget higher and spiritual things. His thoughts dwelled often on monasteries, and with his friend Romaricus, likewise an officer of the court, he planned to make a pilgrimage to the Abbey of Lérins, evidently for the purpose of devoting his life to God. But in the meantime the Episcopal See of Metz became vacant. Arnulf was universally designated as a worthy candidate for the office, and he was consecrated bishop of that see about 611. In his new position he set the example of a virtuous life to his subjects, and attended to matters of ecclesiastical government. In 625 he took part in a council held by the Frankish bishops at Reims. With all this Arnulf retained his station at the court of the king, and took a prominent part in the national life of his people. In 613, after the death of Theodebert, he, with Pepin of Landen and other nobles, called to Austrasia Clothaire II, King of Neustria. When, in 625, the realm of Austrasia was entrusted to the kings son Dagobert, Arnulf became not only the tutor, but also the chief minister, of the young king. At the time of the estrangement between the two kings, and 625, Arnulf with other bishops and nobles tried to effect a reconciliation. But Arnulf dreaded the responsibilities of the episcopal office and grew weary of court life. About the year 626 he obtained the appointment of a successor to the Episcopal See of Metz; he himself and his friend Romaricus withdrew to a solitary place in the mountains of the Vosges. There he lived in communion with God until his death. His remains, interred by Romaricus, were transferred about a year afterwards, by Bishop Goeric, to the basilica of the Holy Apostles in Metz.

Of the two sons of Arnulf, Clodulf became his third successor in the See of Metz. Anseghisel remained in the service of the State; from his union with Begga, a daughter of Pepin of Landen, was born Pepin of Heristal, the founder of the Carlovingian dynasty. In this manner Arnulf was the ancestor of the mighty rulers of that house. The life or Arnulf exhibits to a certain extent the episcopal office and career in the Merovingian State. The bishops were much considered at court; their advice was listened to; they took part in the dispensation of justice by the courts; they had a voice in the appointment of royal officers; they were often used as the king's ambassadors, and held high administrative positions. For the people under their care, they were theprotectors of their rights, their spokesmen before the king and the link uniting royalty with its subjects. The opportunities for good were thus unlimited; and Arnulf used them to good advantage.

Schaefer, F. (1907). St. Arnulf of Metz. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved December 31, 2009 from New Advent: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752b.htm

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Arnulf van Metz (Lay-Saint-Christophe (bij Nancy), 13 augustus 582 - bij Remiremont, 16 augustus 640) was een Frankische edelman, die een grote invloed had in de Merovingische koninkrijken als bisschop. Hij werd later heilig verklaard.

Arnulf diende het Austrasische hof onder Theudebert II (595-612). In 613 echter leidde hij met Pepijn van Landen de aristocratische opstand tegen koningin Brunhilde van Austrasië, wat leidde tot haar onttroning en de hereniging van het Frankische Rijk onder Chlotharius II. In hetzelfde jaar werd hij bisschop van Metz.

Van 623 was hij samen met Pepijn, die toen hofmeier was van het Austrasische hof, adviseur van koning Dagobert I. Hij trad uit het openbare leven in 623 toen hij zich terugtrok in de Vogezen.

Voor hij bisschop werd had hij drie kinderen bij zijn vrouw Doda (586-):

Ansegisel (607-voor 679), gehuwd met de H. Begga

Chlodulf (615-±696), bisschop van Metz (656-±696)

Martin, graaf van Verdun (626-)

Ansegisel trouwde met Pepijns dochter, Begga, en de zoon van de twee, Pepijn van Herstal, was de overgrootvader van Karel de Grote. Arnulf wordt dan ook gezien als de stamvader van de Karolingen.

Arnulf is de beschermheilige van het brouwen. Zijn naamdagen vallen op 18 juli en 16 augustus.

Biskop i Metz. Född 582-08-13. Död 640-08-16. Dödsorsak: Mördad?. Arnulf av Metz (franska: Saint Arnoald) (13 augusti 582-16 augusti 640) var en fransk adelsman, biskop i Metz, som hade utomordentligt stort politiskt inflytande i de merovingiska kungadömena. Helgonförklarad. Omnämnd som grundare av den karolingiska ätten. Arnulf tjänstgjorde vid det austrasiska hovet under Theodebert II 595-612. 613 ledde han dock tillsammans med Pippin av Landen det uppror mot Brynhild av Austrasien som ledde till hennes fall och att frankerriket enades under Chlothar II:s krona. Ungefär samtidigt blev Arnulf biskop i Metz. Från 623 tjänstgjorde Arnulf tillsammans med Pippin, nu maior domus i Austrasien, som Dagobert I:s rådgivare. Därefter blev Arnulf erimit i Vogeserna tillsammans med sin vän Romarik (?). Innan han ingick det heliga löftet fick han tre barn med sin hustru Doda: Ansegisel, Chlodulf och Martin. Ansegisel gifte sig med Pippins dotter Begga och deras son Pippin av Herstal blev Karl den stores farfars far. Arnulf kanoniserades sedermera och är idag bryggdens skyddshelgon. Han firas antingen 18 juli eller 16 augusti. Hans helgonattribut är en kratta. Han förväxlas ofta med Arnold av Soissons som också är brygdens skyddshelgon. Den här artikeln är hämtad från http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_av_Metz

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Arnulf of Metz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Scheldt. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came in hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an impportant leader of the Frankish Agilolfings-family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to implement his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Arnulf was married to a woman who may have been called Doda and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pippin of Landen. His father may have been Arnoald, who also was dux of the Scheldt before becoming bishop of Metz.

Sources

Alban Butler's lives of the saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.

Christian Settipani - La Préhistoire des Capétiens, Première Partie.

[Life of Arnulf]1 - translation

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Arnoul est né vers 582, au château de Layum aujourd’hui Lay-Saint-Christophe près de Nancy. Héritier des Mérovingiens[réf. nécessaire], il appartient à une grande famille de la noblesse franque située dans la Woëvre et dont les biens s'étendaient entre Metz et Verdun. Il fut éduqué au palais d'Austrasie.

Devenu adulte, il entre au service de Théodebert II dont il est un temps intendant des domaines royaux.

Il songe à se retirer pour mener une vie ascétique mais sa famille parvient à le marier en 611 à Dode d'Héristal avec qui il aura deux fils Chlodulf (? - † 697) et Ansegisèle (? - † av.679).

Par sa position de leude à la cour, il entre dans l'opposition contre Brunehilde et s'allie avec Clotaire II. Suite à cela il se retrouve associé à Pépin de Landen ; ils partageront le pouvoir et leurs enfants se marieront.

En 613, Clotaire II devient maître de tout le royaume et récompense ses fidèles. Alors qu'Arnoul envisage de se retirer dans un monastère avec son ami Romaric, le roi Clothaire II l'invite expressément à accepter le siège épiscopal de l'évêché de Metz qui est la capitale du royaume d'Austrasie. Porté malgré lui sur le siège de Saint Clément, il sera de 614 à 627, 29e évêque de Metz et fera preuve d'un dévouement dans l'accomplissement de ses attributs. Il sera pour cela très apprécié et Clothaire II continuera à l'associer au gouvernement de l'Austrasie. Il aura donc tenu un rôle très important tant dans la vie de l'église que dans la gestion du royaume d'Austrasie.

Clotaire II le nomme précepteur de son fils Dagobert Ier, dernier grand roi mérovingien. Il fut maire du Palais (palatinus) et domesticus, c'est à dire conseiller de celui-ci. Lorsque Clotaire II nomma Arnoul évêque de Metz, son épouse Dode d'Héristal entra au couvent puisqu'un évêque ne peut être marié.

Associé à Pépin l'ancien, il participa à la chute de Brunehaut. Son fils Ansegise, épousa Begga, fille de Pépin. Ainsi naquit la dynastie carolingienne.

En 629, lorsque meurt Clotaire II, il peut enfin se retirer et entrer dans les ordres. Il rejoint son ami saint Romaric, fondateur du monastère de Remiremont (Romarici Mons) selon la règle de saint Colomban. Il finira ses jours en ermite, non loin du monastère, priant et servant les lépreux qu'il accueille dans son ermitage.

Arnoul mourut le 16 août 641 au Saint-Mont. Ses restes furent transférés à Metz dans l'église des Saints-Apôtres, qui prit le nom de Saint Arnoul en 717.

Son nom reste associé à un trésor de la cathédrale de Metz qui a miraculeusement échappé à la rapacité révolutionnaire ; un anneau, en or fin massif, d'un travail assez grossier, comportant une agathe onyx sur laquelle est gravée un poisson engagé dans une nasse autour de laquelle se noient deux autres poissons.

Cette scène n'est pas sans rappeler le fait historique ou anecdotique lié à cet anneau et rapporté par l'écrivain Paul Diacre lui même le tenant de la bouche même de Charlemagne. Selon cet auteur, Saint Arnoul passant sur un pont de la Moselle jeta dans le fleuve le dit anneau en priant Dieu de le lui rendre en témoignage du pardon de ses fautes. Quelques temps après, on retrouva dans les entrailles d'un poisson l'anneau épiscopal.

C'est en souvenir de ce fait que depuis on le portait en procession à l'église de Saint Arnoul le jour de la fête du saint évêque. Enlevé en 1793 avec les vases sacrés de la cathédrale, il fut racheté par un des officiers de la monnaie. ll fut rendu au trésor en 1846.

Sa vie, où il a laissé le souvenir d'un grand d'Austrasie, malgré son opposition à Brunehilde, mais aussi surtout sa légende, dite Légende de Saint Arnoul a marqué profondément la mémoire des régions de l'Est de la France.

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Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

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Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

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Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

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http://www.genealogia.fi/genos/34/34_9.htm

This research published in 1963. shows the pedigree from Arnulf of Metz over Charlemagne to the Dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and then via marriage to the Brahe family on to Denmark, Sweden and Finland.

The document linked to above is also available in Geni, where it is found at the profile of @Hedvig Eleonora Stenbock (1664-1729), a descendant of Arnulf 35 generations later

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Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

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^ Vita Arnulfi c. 1, MG. SS. rer. Merov. 2, p. 432.

^ Cf. R. Schieffer, Die Karolinger, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Köln, 2nd ed., 1997.

Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.

Christian Settipani - La Préhistoire des Capétiens, Première Partie.

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Descent from antiquity

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Saint Arnulf of Metz (c 582, Lay-Saint-Christophe, Meurthe-et-Moselle — 640) was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia, who retired to the Abbey of Remiremont.

Arnulf was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court of king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and sent to serve as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his career he was attracted to religious life, and he retired to become a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In French he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament.

According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods", without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious, it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of unbroken descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman whom later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

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Saint Arnulf de Heristal, Bishop of Metz

Of the Holy Roman Catholic Church

Born c. 580/82 in Austrasia. Arnulf was Descended from a noble Frankish family. St. Arnulf of Metz was also the great-great grandfather of Charlemagne. Arnulf was a courtier in the service of Theodebert II of Austrasia (595-612). Considered to have been a good warrior and diplomat, Arnulf wished to become a monk at Lérins; his wife, Doda, had become a nun at Treves.

The Miracles of Saint Arnulf

Following are the miracles associated with Saint Arnuf:

Starting off as a wealthy noble, Arnulf was known to indulge himself in luxuries of the time, including all manor of drink, women, and other decadent pastimes of the day. When he determined to shed his venial shortcomings and dedicate himself to the church as a monk, a man who doubted his veracity publically denounced his reformation as mere show. Later that evening while he slept, his pants spontaneously caught fire, which was later attributed to his having 'lied' about Arnulf's alleged behavior. Today, the childhood taunt of, "liar, liar, pants on fire," echoes back to this incident and seeks to remind us not to bear false witness against our neighbors.

When he first resigned his see as Bishop of Metz, he threw his Episcopal ring into the sea. The next day he was brought a fish to eat and, inside the fish, he found his ring. He took it as an indication that God meant him to be Bishop of Metz.

He believed that the polluted water caused illness, while the boiled and processed water used for beer was a safer alternative. According to legend he ended a plague when he submerged his crucifix into a brew kettle and persuaded people to drink only beer from that "blessed" kettle. He is reported to have said, "From man's sweat and God's love, beer came into the world."

St. Arnulf's main claim to beer fame is that he successfully appealed to God for cold beer for the soldiers to drink during a battle in Flanders in the 11th century. Certainly a person we would want on our side. He also is said to have been able to multiply beer into vast quantities through blessing and prayer. Following the collapse of the roof of an abbey brewery in Flanders, the good Saint Arnold of Soissons asked God to multiply the stores of beer which were left for the monk's consumption. When Arnold's prayer was answered in abundance, the monks and townspeople were prepared to canonize him on the spot.

In 641, after his death, the citizens of Metz requested that Saint Arnulf's body be exhumed and carried from the monastery to the town of Metz for reburial in their local church-the church where Arnulf had so frequently preached the virtues of beer. Their request was granted. It was a long and thirsty journey, especially since they were carrying a dead bishop.

More about The Bishop of Metz;

Statesman, bishop under the Merovingians. His parents belonged to a distinguished Frankish family, and lived in Austrasia, the eastern section of the kingdom founded by Clovis. In the school in which he was placed during his boyhood he excelled through his talent and his good behaviour. According to the custom of the age, he was sent in due time to the court of Theodebert II, King of Austrasia (595-612), to be initiated in the various branches of the government. Under the guidance of Gundulf, the Mayor of the Palace, he soon became so proficient that he was placed on the regular list of royal officers, and among the first of the kings ministers. He distinguished himself both as a military commander and in the civil administration; at one time he had under his care six distinct provinces. In due course Arnulf was married to a Frankish woman of noble lineage, by whom he had two sons, Anseghisel and Clodulf. While Arnulf was enjoying worldly emoluments and honours he did not forget higher and spiritual things. His thoughts dwelled often on monasteries, and with his friend Romaricus, likewise an officer of the court, he planned to make a pilgrimage to the Abbey of Lérins, evidently for the purpose of devoting his life to God. But in the meantime the Episcopal See of Metz became vacant. Arnulf was universally designated as a worthy candidate for the office, and he was consecrated bishop of that see about 611. In his new position he set the example of a virtuous life to his subjects, and attended to matters of ecclesiastical government. In 625 he took part in a council held by the Frankish bishops at Reims. With all this Arnulf retained his station at the court of the king, and took a prominent part in the national life of his people. In 613, after the death of Theodebert, he, with Pepin of Landen and other nobles, called to Austrasia Clothaire II, King of Neustria. When, in 625, the realm of Austrasia was entrusted to the kings son Dagobert, Arnulf became not only the tutor, but also the chief minister, of the young king. At the time of the estrangement between the two kings, and 625, Arnulf with other bishops and nobles tried to effect a reconciliation. But Arnulf dreaded the responsibilities of the episcopal office and grew weary of court life. About the year 626 he obtained the appointment of a successor to the Episcopal See of Metz; he himself and his friend Romaricus withdrew to a solitary place in the mountains of the Vosges. There he lived in communion with God until his death. His remains, interred by Romaricus, were transferred about a year afterwards, by Bishop Goeric, to the basilica of the Holy Apostles in Metz.

Of the two sons of Arnulf, Clodulf became his third successor in the See of Metz. Anseghisel remained in the service of the State; from his union with Begga, a daughter of Pepin of Landen, was born Pepin of Heristal, the founder of the Carlovingian dynasty. In this manner Arnulf was the ancestor of the mighty rulers of that house. The life or Arnulf exhibits to a certain extent the episcopal office and career in the Merovingian State. The bishops were much considered at court; their advice was listened to; they took part in the dispensation of justice by the courts; they had a voice in the appointment of royal officers; they were often used as the king's ambassadors, and held high administrative positions. For the people under their care, they were the protectors of their rights, their spokesmen before the king and the link uniting royalty with its subjects. The opportunities for good were thus unlimited; and Arnulf used them to good advantage.

Arnulf was a powerful Austrasian noble during the time of Mayor Pepin I, and their two children Ansegisel and Begga were married. According to Frankish myth, Arnulf was the son of Bodigisel, a supposed son of Saint Gendolphus, Bishop of Tongress, and Oda de Savoy. This bishop was an actual historical figure, the son of Arthemia and Munderic of Vitry. According again to the myths, Munderic was the son of Cloderic the Paricide, son of the historic Sigisbert the Lame. This Sigisbert was the son of King Childebert of Keulen, another historical figure that died sometime shortly after 450. He was the supposed son of one Clovis the Riparian who died after 420.

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Patron Saint of Brewing

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Arnulf (c.580-640), Biskop AV Metz. Han var en Frankiska adelsman SOM tjänstgjorde VID domstolen i Theodebert II, Kung av Austrasien. Han gifte SIG MED en dotter till Greven av Boulogne, Som Kallas Doda, by sv AV SINA Söner Ansegisel de blev förfäder Karolingiska kejsare. Theodebert II hund ÅR 612 OCH Arnulf ihop en betydande Andel AV en efterträdare Har utsetts, Clothar II. Arnulf vigdes till Biskop AV Metz i 614, da förmodligen Hans hustru var dödsdatum. Fran 624 Han hjälpte Clothar son Dagobert Styra Ardennerna. Under manga ÅR hade dock Han velat avgå se OCH bli en eremit: Att Han uppnås efter Att delta i Raden i Clichy (626) OCH i Reims (627). Med synd Vän Romaricus ledde Han en ensam Liv i Vosges berg, Som utvecklades senare till klostret Remiremont. Högtid: 18 Juli.

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Arnulfo prestou serviço diferenciado na corte austrasiana sob Teodeberto II (595-612). Por volta de 611 ele foi ordenado bispo de Metz. Em 613, ele e Pepino de Landen, cuja filha, Begga, havia casado com seu filho Ansegisel, lideraram a oposição dos nobres francos à rainha Brunilda da Austrásia. Brunilda foi derrubada do poder, torturada e finalmente executada, sendo subseqüentemente os reinos francos reunificados sob Clotário I, sobrinho da poderosa rainha. Apesar de Arnulfo querer se retirar para os montes Vosges como um eremita, ele foi persuadido a permanecer e se tornar bispo de Metz.

A partir de 623 (com Pepino de Landen, então o prefeito do palácio), Arnulfo foi conselheiro de Dagoberto I. Junto com seu amigo Romarico, ele se retirou para os Vosges em 627, para implementar sua decisão para toda a vida de se tornar um eremita. Antes de ser consagrado, ele teve dois filhos com sua esposa Doda: Ansegisel e Clodulfo. Ansegisel casou-se com Begga, filha de Pepino de Landen, tendo com ela um filho, Pepino de Herstal, um dos bisavôs de Carlos Magno. Clodulfo, como seu pai, tornou-se bispo de Metz. A existência de um terceiro filho chamado Martinho é considerada duvidosa.

Arnulfo foi canonizado santo pela Igreja Católica Romana e é conhecido como o santo patrono dos cervejeiros. Comemora-se seu dia em uma dessa datas: 18 de Julho ou 16 de Agosto. Na iconografia, ele é retratado com um ancinho em sua mão. Ele é freqüentemente confundido nas lendas com Arnoldo de Soissons, que é outro santo patrono dos cervejeiros.

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Saint Arnulf of Metz (c 582 — 640) was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia, who retired to the Abbey of Remiremont.

Arnulf was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court of king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and sent to serve as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his career he was attracted to religious life, and he retired to become a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In French he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of unbroken descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman whom later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warinus_de_la_Strode

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Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings-family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbert and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Francish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, born ca 584 and daughter of Arnoald and wife Oda (?), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

From www.wikipedia.org at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_of_Metz

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Saint Arnulf Mayor of the Palace and Bishop of Metz

Male, (13 August 582 - 16 August 641)

Saint Arnulf Mayor of the Palace and Bishop of Metz|b. 13 Aug 582\nd. 16 Aug 641|p30535.htm|Bodegisel II Governor of Aquitaine|d. 588|p30538.htm|Oda||p30539.htm|Saint Gondoule Governor of Marseilles, Mayor of the Palace, and Bishop of Tongres|b. 524\nd. 6 Jul 607|p34594.htm|unknown||p38445.htm|Duke Bodegisel I.|d. 581|p30540.htm|Palatina||p38446.htm|

Saint Arnulf Mayor of the Palace and Bishop of Metz was born on 13 August 582 in Austrasia.1,2,4,5 He was the son of Bodegisel II Governor of Aquitaine and Oda.1,2,3,4,5 About 596 Arnulf married Clothilde, daughter of Arnoldus Bishop of Metz.1,2,3,4 He was brought up by his great-uncle, Saint Gondoule, who was Mayor of the Palace of Thiebert II, a Merovingian king. Later he was viceroy of his uncle. Around 611, he was Mayor of the Palace to King Thiebert. However, in the summer of 612, he entered holy orders, though retained many of his secular activities.3 Saint Arnulf Mayor of the Palace and Bishop of Metz ruled between 612 and 629 as Bishop of Metz.1,2,3 In 625, he was present at the Church Council at Metz.3 He became Mayor of the Palace and tutor to King Dagobert.1,2,3 Shortly before he died, he resigned is bishopric, and retired to Remirmont.3 He died on Monday, 16 August 641 in Remirmont, France, at age 59 years and 3 days.1,2,3,4,5

Charts

Ancestry of Edward III

Children of Saint Arnulf Mayor of the Palace and Bishop of Metz and Clothilde

Saint Clodulf Bishop of Metz+ (596 - 690)1,2,3,4,6

Duke Ansgise Mayor of the Palace+ (602 - 685)1,2,3,4,5

Citations

Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650. Fifth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982.

Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa. Fourth Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.

Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Origin of the Carolingians", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XCVIII (October 1944).

Kelley, David H.. "Genealogical Research in England: A New Consideration of the Carolingians", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CI (April 1947).

Sewell Genealogy Site. Online http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/sitemapweb.html

Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Origin of Capet and Plantagenet", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CVII (October 1953).

http://www.genealogy.theroyfamily.com/p30535.htm

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Arnoul was the 29th. Bishop of Metz, in 612. He was canonized by the Church, Saint Arnoul. He became the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, and tutor of Dagobert. In the year 614, when Clotaire II had had Brunehaut killed, he remained the only

descendant of the sons of Clovis alive. But he is only a toy in the hands of the Franc aristocracy both lay and ecclesiastic. At the head of each of the three ancient kingdoms, Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy, the Major Domus [Mayor of the

Palace] gains progressively greater importance. On 18 October 614, Clotaire II signed the Edict of Paris which in 27 articles, essentially formed the basic power structure for the Council of Bishops and the Assembly of the Greats [nobles].

Note:

Note: In 623, Clotaire II was pushed by the Bishop of Metz and also Pepin [Le Vieux de Landen] , the Mayor of the Palace to give Austrasia its own King. Thus, Clotaire II's son Dagobert became King of Austrasia and under the tutelage of Arnoul.

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Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

Sources

1. ^ Vita Arnulfi c. 1, MG. SS. rer. Merov. 2, p. 432.

2. ^ Cf. R. Schieffer, Die Karolinger, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Köln, 2nd ed., 1997.

* Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.

* Christian Settipani - La Préhistoire des Capétiens, Première Partie.

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was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Scheldt. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings-family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbert and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Francish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, born ca 584 and daughter of Arnoald and wife Oda (?), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

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Saint Arnulf (or Arnoul), Bishop of Metz, son of Arnoldus and Dode of Heristal, was born August 13, 582. He was a courtier in the service of Theodebert II of Austrasia. He married Oda (or Dode) de Savoy , daughter of Arnoald, and they had two sons, Clodulf and Ansegisel. Oda became a nun at Treves in 610, and Arnulf dreamed of becoming a monk at Lerins. However, about 611, Arnulf was consecrated Bishop of Metz. About 626 Arnulf became weary of his duties, resigned his position, and became a hermit in a solitary place in the mountains with his friend Romaricus. Arnulf died August 16, 640 or 641, and was buried by Romaricus. About a year later, Bishop Goeric transferred his remains to the Basilica of the Holy Apostles in Metz, Duitsland. July 18 is the Feast Day of St. Arnulf.

Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbert and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

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Saint Arnulf of Metz (c 582 — 640) was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia, who retired to the Abbey of Remiremont.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman whom later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

Sources:

1. ^ Vita Arnulfi c. 1, MG. SS. rer. Merov. 2, p. 432.

2. ^ Cf. R. Schieffer, Die Karolinger, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Köln, 2nd ed., 1997.

* Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.

* Christian Settipani - La Préhistoire des Capétiens, Première Partie.

See: Descent from antiquity

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A Frankish noble, Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II (595-612). In 613, however, with Pepin he led the aristocratic opposition to Brunhild that led to her downfall and the reunification of Frankish lands under Choltar II. About the same year, he became bishop.

From 623, again with Pepin, now mayor of the Austrasian palace, Arnulf was adviser to Dagobert I, before retiring (629?) to become a hermit. Arnulf's son Ansegisel married Pepin's daughter Begga; the son of this marriage, Pepin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.

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From the Wikipedia page of Arnulf of Metz:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf_of_Metz

Saint Arnulf of Metz (c. 582, Lay-Saint-Christophe, Meurthe-et-Moselle — 640) was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia, who retired to the Abbey of Remiremont.

Arnulf was born to an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. (French Wikipedia says that his family was located in Woevre, and its lands ranged between Metz and Verdun. According to one text, he was born in the Villa Layum, what is figured today to be Lay-St-Christophe near Nancy. His birth date is between 582 and 590. He was taught as the scion of a wealthy family.)

In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court of king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and sent to serve as dux at the Schelde (his great uncle held the post of Chief Advisor of the palace and the king). Later he became (the 29th) Bishop of Metz (613-628).

During his career he was attracted to religious life, and he retired to become a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In French he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren.

In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. (Dagobert was opposed to his retirement, even threatening to kill his son Ansegisel in order to make hiim stay at his post. The threat, however, solidified Arnulf's resolve to resign.)

His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death 12 years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing. (French Wikipedia asserts his is the patron saint of brewers from Lorraine: "Shortly after his death, his relics were brought from Remiremont to Metz. Around Champigneulles or Nossoncourt, beer supplies went bad, and so people there prayed to St. Arnulf for something to eat. Their prayers were answered when emptied barrels were miraculously filled with beer. This is according to Jean-Baptiste de Champaigne.")

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I.

This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood.

While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of unbroken descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman whom later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children.

Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen. Arnulf is thus the male-line grandfather of Charles Martel and great-great grandfather of Charlemagne.

(French Wikipedia has a section on Legends and Worship: His name is associated with a treasure from Metz Cathedral that miraculously escaped the ravages of the Revolution - a ring of gold rather crudely made, with onyx fish on it (two of three are in a net). The scene commemorates an anecdote reported by writer Paul deacon. He tells that St Arnulf passed over a bridge on the Moselle River and cast into the water his ring, praying to God to give him a token of His forgiveness of his sins:

"St Arnold decided one day to throw his ring into the Moselle. His gesture was an act of humility. In throwing, he said: 'I will believe that God has forgiven my sins when I will again find this ring.' Thus was born a famous legend in which a fish swallowed the ring, was caught, and served shortly after to the episcopal table. If the legend is to be believed, God indirectly contacted Arnold, telling him that he was absolved of his sins and made a legitimate representative of God on earth."

In remembrance of this legend, the ring was carried in a procession into the church on the Feast of St. Arnulf by the bishop. The ring was taken in 1793 along with the sacred vessels of the cathedral, but was bought by an officer of the church much later and returned to its treasury in 1846.)

Sources

1.^ Vita Arnulfi c. 1, MG. SS. rer. Merov. 2, p. 432.

2.^ Cf. R. Schieffer, Die Karolinger, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Köln, 2nd ed., 1997.

Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.

Christian Settipani - La Préhistoire des Capétiens, Première Partie.

External links

"St. Arnoul, Bishop of Metz, Confessor", Butler's Lives of the Saints

Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Arnulf of Metz

From Butler's Lives of the Saints:

http://www.bartleby.com/210/7/183.html

July 18

St. Arnoul, Bishop of Metz, Confessor

AMONG the illustrious saints who adorned the court of King Clotaire the Great, none is more famous than St. Arnoul.

He was a Frenchman, born of rich and noble parents; and, having been educated in learning and piety, was called to the court of King Theodebert, in which he held the second place among the great officers of state, being next to Gondulph, mayor of the palace. Though young, he was equally admired for prudence in the council and for valour in the field. By assiduous prayer, fasting, and excessive almsdeeds, he joined the virtues of a perfect Christian with the duties of a courtier.

Having married a noble lady called Doda, he had by her two sons, Clodulf and Ansegisus; by the latter the Carlovingian race of kings of France descended from St. Arnoul.

Fearing the danger of entangling his soul in many affairs which passed through his hands, he desired to retire to the monastery of Lerins; but being crossed in the execution of his project, passed to the court of King Clotaire. That great monarch, the first year in which he reigned over all France, assented to the earnest unanimous request of the clergy and people of Metz, demanding Arnoul for their bishop.

Our saint did all that could be done to change the measures taken, but in vain. He was consecrated bishop in 614, and his wife Doda took the religious veil at Triers. The king obliged Arnoul still to assist at his councils, and to fill the first place at his court.

The saint always wore a hair shirt under his garments; he sometimes passed three days without eating, and his usual food was only barley and water. He seemed to regard whatever he possessed as the patrimony of the poor, and his alms seemed to exceed all bounds. His benevolence took in all the objects of charity, but his discretion singled out those more particularly whose greater necessities called more pressingly upon his bounty. 1

In 622 Clotaire II. divided his dominions, and making his son Dagobert king of Austrasia, appointed St. Arnoul duke of Austrasia and chief counsellor, and Pepin of Landen mayor of his palace. The reign of this prince was virtuous, prosperous, and glorious, so long as Arnoul remained at the helm; but the saint anxiously desiring to retire from all business, that he might more seriously study to secure his own salvation before he should be called hence, never ceased to solicit the king for leave to quit the court. Dagobert long refused his consent; but at length, out of a scruple lest he should oppose the call of heaven, granted it, though with the utmost reluctance.

St. Arnoul resigned also his bishopric, and retired into the deserts of Vosge, near the monastery of Remiremont, on the top of a high mountain, where a hermitage is at this day standing.

Here the saint laboured daily with fresh fervour to advance in the path of Christian perfection; for the greater progress a person has already made in virtue, the more does the prospect enlarge upon him, and the more perfectly does he see how much is yet wanting in him, and how great a scope is left for exerting his endeavours still more. Who will pretend to have made equal advances with St. Paul towards perfection? yet he was far from ever thinking that he had finished his work, or that he might remit anything in his endeavours. On the contrary, we find him imitating the alacrity of those who run in a race, who do not so much consider what ground they have already cleared, as how much still remains to call forth their utmost eagerness and strength. Nor can there be a more certain sign that a person has not yet arrived at the lowest and first degree of virtue, than that he should think he does not need to aim higher.

In this vigorous pursuit St. Arnoul died on the 16th of August in 640. His remains were brought to Metz, and enrich the great abbey which bears his name.

The Roman Martyrology mentions him on the 18th of July, on which day the translation of his relics was performed; the Gallican on the 16th of August.

See his life, faithfully compiled by his successor, in Mabillon, Act. Bened. t. 2. p. 150. Also Calmet, Hist. de Lorraine, t. 1. l. 9. n. 10, &c., p. 378, 381, &c.; Bosch the Bollandist, t. 5. Jul. p. 423; and D. Cajot, Benedictin monk of St. Arnoul’s, Les Antiquités des Metz, an. 1761.

From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on Merovingian nobility:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKSMaiordomi.htm#_Toc184117350

ARNOUL [Arnulf], son of [ARNOLD & his wife ---] ([580/85]-Remiremont 18 Jul [640], bur Remiremont, later transferred to Metz, basilique de Saint-Arnoul).

The origins of Arnulf are unknown. The Vita Sancti Arnulfi names "Arnulfus episcopus prosapia genitus Francorum" but gives no further details of his ancestry[42].

The Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis names "Arnulfus…ex nobilissimo fortissimoque Francorum stemmate ortus", with no further information on his parentage, as ninth bishop of Metz and "palatii moderator"[43].

A 9th century genealogy names "beatum Arnulfum episcopum" as the son of Arnold[44]. Settipani points out that this genealogy forms part of a series compiled at Metz, from the late 8th century onwards, which glorify the ancestry of the Carolingian dynasty by establishing descent from the early Merovingians as well as from a family of Roman senatorial origin[45].

Further confusion is added by the Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis which names "Agiulfus" as sixth bishop of Metz, stating that "patre ex nobili senatorum familia orto, ex Chlodovei regis Francorum filia procreatus", and that "nepos ipsius…Arnoaldus" succeeded him as bishop[46], the alleged senatorial and Merovingian ancestry appearing to provide the basis for the 9th century genealogy although the latter assigns the descent to what appears to be a different Arnold.

The Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis makes no family connection between Arnulf and his predecessor bishops.

Another genealogy from the 8th/9th century names "Buotgisus" as father of "Arnulfum…episcopum urbis Metensium", although the editor of the Monumenta Germaniæ in which this is published cites another source which names "Burtgisus, qui a multis cognominatur Arnoaldus" although the dating of the latter is unclear[47].

Arnulf entered the service of Theodebert King of Austrasia, becoming intendant of the royal domains. Together with Warnachar, maior domus of the palace of Burgundy, he helped King Clotaire II defeat King Sigebert II and the latter's great-grandmother Queen Brunechildis in 613[48]. Sigeberto's Vita Landiberto episcopi Traiectensis names "Pippinus…principes Francorum…paterni avi eius Arnulfi", specifying that he was "primo maior domus regis post Mettensis episcopus"[49], although no other document has been found which indicates that Arnulf held the position of maior domus in Austrasia.

Elected Bishop of Metz in [613], Arnulf retired to the monastery of Remiremont, Vosges in 629.

A charter dated 20 Feb 691 of "Pippinus filius Ansegisili quondam necnon…matrone mea Plectrudis" donating property to the church of St Arnulf at Metz specifies that "domnus et avus noster Arnulphus" was buried in the church[50].

A list of bishops of Metz records "Arnulfus" as 29th bishop, that he held the position for 10 years, and died "XVII Kal Sep"[51].

married [DODA], daughter of ---.

Arnulf and his wife had [three] children:

1. Chlodulf (610-8 May 697)

2. Ansegisel (612-662 Murdered)

3. Walacho (unproven)

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Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

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Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

Spanish ;San Arnulfo de Metz (c. 582-640) fue un Franco Obispo de Metz y asesor de la merovingia corte de Austrasia, que se retiró a la abadia Remiremont .
Arnulf nació de una importante familia de los francos en una fecha incierta en torno a 582. Su padre fue probablemente Bodegisel (m. 585/8), Palace Mayor y Duque de Sueve y su madre probablemente San Oda, abadesa de Amay. En sus años más jóvenes que él fue llamado a la merovingia corte del rey Teodeberto (595-612) de Austrasia y enviado a servir como dux en Escalda. Más tarde se convirtió en obispo de Metz . Durante su carrera se sintió atraído por la vida religiosa, y se retiró para convertirse en monje.

[edit] Sources

^ Vita Arnulfi c. 1, MG. SS. rer. Merov. 2, p. 432.

^ Cf. R. Schieffer, Die Karolinger, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Köln, 2nd ed., 1997.

Alban Butler's Lives of the Saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland.

Christian Settipani - La Préhistoire des Capétiens, Première Partie.

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St. Arnulf (Feastday: July 18)

Bishop and member of the court of the Frankish king Theodebert II of Austrasia, sometimes called Arnuiph or Arnulf of Metz. A noble, Arnulf married Doda, and their son was Ansegisel. Ansegisel married Beggia, the daughter of Pepin of Landen, starting the Carolingian dynasty of France. Doda became a nun, and Arnulf made plans to enter a monastery but was named the bishop of Nletz around 616. He continued his court services, making Clotaire of Neustria the king of Austrasia. He also served as counselor to Dagobert, King Clotaire's son. In 626, Arnulf retired to a hermitage at Remiremont, France.

Source: http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=259

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Saint Arnulf of Metz (c 582, Lay-Saint-Christophe, Meurthe-et-Moselle — 640) was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia, who retired to the Abbey of Remiremont.

Arnulf was born to an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court of king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and sent to serve as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his career he was attracted to religious life, and he retired to become a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In French he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians genera

Joe Shetler writes: Arnulf was a powerful Austrasian noble during the time of Mayor Pepin I, and each of their children, Ansegisel and Begga married. According to Frankish myth, Arnulf was the son of Bodigisel, a supposed son of Saint Gendolphus, Bishop of Tongress, and Oda de Savoy. This bishop was an actual historical figure, the son of Arthemia and Munderic of Vitry. According again to the myths, Munderic was the son of Cloderic the Paricide, son of the historic Sigisbert the Lame. This Sigisbert was the son of King Childebert of Keulen, another historical figure that died sometime shortly after 450. He was the supposed son of one Clovis the Riparian who died after 420.

BUT

The LDS have determined that his parents were Arnoldus of Saxony and Dode (Oda) Of Heristal, his wife.

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French Saint Arnoul de Metz bishop of Metz and, with Pippin I, theearliest known ancestor of Charlemagne . A Frankish noble, Arnulf gavedistinguished service at the Austrasian court under
Theudebert II (595/612). In 613, however, with Pippin , he led thearistocratic opposition to Brunhild that led to her downfall and to thereunification of Frankish lands under Chlotar II. About the same year, hebecame bishop. From 623, again with Pippin, who was by then mayor of theAustrasian palace, Arnulf
was adviser to Dagobert I, before retiring (629?) to become a hermit.Arnulf's son Ansegisel married Pippin's daughter Begga; the son of thismarriage, Pippin II, was Charlemagne's great-grandfather.

To cite this page:
"Arnulf" Encyclopædia Britannica

Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

Saint.

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343px-Saint_Arnould
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from "Our Folk" by Albert D Hart, Jr.

Obispo de Metz

Bishop of Metz

Evèque de Metz

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Parentage is considered speculative and/or unreliable.

!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. III
2. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt 1, p. 5
3. Americana, Am. Pub. F, v. 32, p. 581
4. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
5. Ahnen zu Karl der Grossen, Germ. FH 694, p. 28
6. Italy and Her Invaders, Italy 1, v. 7, p. 28-44
7. Anderson's Royal Gen., Eng. 132, p. 596, 616
8. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 252
!RESEARCH NOTES:
1. Several of the sources shown below indicate Saint Arnoul as the son of Arnouldus and Oda. The source (Gen. Hist. 25) indicates other lineage claims but accepts this as most probable. In the source "Italy and Her Invaders" all attempts of establishing his parentage are held in question, inasmuch as all such claims were made more than 100 years after the death of Charlemagne, and historians contemporaneous with Charlemagne, though were anxious and did write much about this lineage of Charlemagne, make no mention of Saint Arnoul's parentage.

[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: RC 53, 171, 358; AF; Kraentzler 1635; Collins; Pfafman; "The Franks;" The Carolingian Ancestry of Edmond Hawes, Alice Freeman and Thomas James by Henry James Young. Along with Pepin, the Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia, Arnoul (Arnulf) was a chief advisor of Dagobert. RC calls him a tutor of Dagobert. Bishop of Metz. K: St. Arnuld, the Holy, Majordomo and Bishop of Metz. Born after 13 June 562. Buried Habendum an der Mozel, later at St. Arnulf's Church at Metz. Carolingian: St Arnulph, died 641, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, later bishop of Metz. No wife listed. Collins (or Smallwood) mixes up St. Arnold, Bishop of Metz. with Arnoaldus, Bishop of Metz.

--Other Fields

Ref Number: 262

RESEARCH NOTES:
Major domo, saint; Resigned in 627, spent rest of life in cave at Remiremont
Minnedag 18. juli. Frankisk adelsmann. Bishop of Metz 614-629
Trakk seg deretter returned som eneboer.

SOURCE NOTES:
http://www.stirnet.com/HTML/genie/ancient/fh/franks2.htm
http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/persons/per02024.htm#0
http://www.art-science.com/Ken/Genealogy/PD/ch49_Charlemagne.html

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Vosges Mountains 1
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Arnulf of Metz
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Saint Aunulf of Metz
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Hij is door Chlotarius II in 614 tot bisschop van Metz gewijd. Zijn overlijdensdatum is niet geheel zeker, kan ook zijn 16 aug. 641. Raadsheer/hofmeier van de Merovingische koningen Theodebert II en Chlotarius II (610), In 624 heeft hij zijn ambt neergelegd en zich als kluizenaar in de Vogezen teruggetrokken om zich aan de verpleging van melaatsen te wijden. Hij is heilig verklaard.
Zie: Europaeische Stammtafeln Bund I Tafel 2.
Statesman, bishop under the Merovingians, born c. 580; died c. 640. His parents belonged to a distinguished Frankish family, and lived in Austrasia, the eastern section of the kingdom founded by Clovis. In the school in which he was placed during his boyhood he excelled through his talent and his good behaviour. According to the custom of the age, he was sent in due time to the court of Theodebert II, King of Austrasia (595-612), to be initiated in the various branches of the government. Under the guidance of Gundulf, the Mayor of the Palace, he soon became so proficient that he was placed on the regular list of royal officers, and among the first of the kings ministers. He distinguished himself both as a military commander and in the civil administration; at one time he had under his care six distinct provinces. In due course Arnulf was married to a Frankish woman of noble lineage, by whom he had two sons, Anseghisel and Clodulf. While Arnulf was enjoying worldly emoluments and honours he did not forget higher and spiritual things. His thoughts dwelled often on monasteries, and with his friend Romaricus, likewise an officer of the court, he planned to make a pilgrimage to the Abbey of Lérins, evidently for the purpose of devoting his life to God. But in the meantime the Episcopal See of Metz became vacant. Arnulf was universally designated as a worthy candidate for the office, and he was consecrated bishop of that see about 611. In his new position he set the example of a virtuous life to his subjects, and attended to matters of ecclesiastical government. In 625 he took part in a council held by the Frankish bishops at Reims. With all this Arnulf retained his station at the court of the king, and took a prominent part in the national life of his people. In 613, after the death of Theodebert, he, with Pepin of Landen and other nobles, called to Austrasia Clothaire II, King of Neustria. When, in 625, the realm of Austrasia was entrusted to the kings son Dagobert, Arnulf became not only the tutor, but also the chief minister, of the young king. At the time of the estrangement between the two kings, and 625, Arnulf with other bishops and nobles tried to effect a reconciliation. But Arnulf dreaded the responsibilities of the episcopal office and grew weary of court life. About the year 626 he obtained the appointment of a successor to the Episcopal See of Metz; he himself and his friend Romaricus withdrew to a solitary place in the mountains of the Vosges. There he lived in communion with God until his death. His remains, interred by Romaricus, were transferred about a year afterwards, by Bishop Goeric, to the basilica of the Holy Apostles in Metz. Of the two sons of Arnulf, Clodulf became his third successor in the See of Metz.
Anseghisel remained in the service of the State; from his union with Begga, a daughter of Pepin of Landen, was born Pepin of Heristal, the founder of the Carlovingian dynasty. In this manner Arnulf was the ancestor of the mighty rulers of that house. The life or Arnulf exhibits to a certain extent the episcopal office and career in the Merovingian State. The bishops were much considered at court; their advice was listened to; they took part in the dispensation of justice by the courts; they had a voice in the appointment of royal officers; they were often used as the king's ambassadors, and held high administrative positions. For the people under their care, they were the protectors of their rights, their spokesmen before the king and the link uniting royalty with its subjects. The opportunities for good were thus unlimited; and Arnulf used them to good advantage. FRANCIS J. SCHAEFER, Transcribed by Patrick Tobin from the Catholic Encyclopedia. (his ancestry is not proven!!!).

Arnulf of Heristal Bishop of Metz

Bishop Arnold Metz

Arnulf av Metz (13. august 582-16. august 640) var en frankisk adelsmann som hadde stor innflytelse i merovingernes kongedømmer som biskop og ble senere kanonisert som helgen. Han er også kjent som Arnold.

Arnulf tjente ved det astrasiske hoffet under Teodebert II (595-612). I 613 ledet Arnulf og Pipin av Landen, viss datter Begga hadde giftet seg med Arnulfs sønn Ansegisel, opposisjonen av frankiske adelsmenn mot dronning Brunhilda av Austrasia. Opprøret førte til at hun ble kastet, torturert og til slutt henrettet, og de frankiske land ble etterpå gjenforent under Klotar II, dronningens nevø. Selv om Arnulf ønsket å trekke seg tilbake til Vosges-fjellene som eremitt, ble han overtalt til å bli værende og bli biskop av Metz.

Arnulf var fra 623 rådgiver til Dagobert I sammen med Pipin av Landen som da var rikshovmester. Sammen med sin venn Romarik, trakk han seg tilbake i 627 til en fjellside i Vosges for å fullføre sin livslange drøm om å bli eremitt.

Før han ble vigslet hadde han to sønner med sin kone Doda: Ansigisel og Klodulf. Ansigisel giftet seg med Pipins datter Begga, og deres barn var Pipin av Heristal, en av Karl den stores oldefedre. Klodulf, som sin far, ble biskop av Metz. Det er usikkert om han hadde en tredje sønn kalt Martin.

Arnulf ble kanonisert som helgen av den katolske kirke og er kjent som skytshelgenen for ølbrygging. Hans navnedag er enten 18. juli eller 16. august. Han blir avbildet med en rake i hånden. Han blir ofte forvekslet i legendene med Arnold av Soissons som er en annen skytshelgen for brygging.

Saint Arnold Brewery, Houston, Texas, er oppkalt etter helgenen.

Usikkert opphav
Mens Arnulf er anerkjent som en av de tidligste dokumenterte forfedrene til Karl den store og dermed av de fleste europeiske kongefamilier i dag, er Arnulfs eget opphav både usikkert og uten dokumentasjon. Noen har hevdet at Arnulfs far var Arnoldus (ca 535-600) og at hans mor var Ada av Swabia. Andre som siterer frankiske legender, mener at Arnulf var sønn av Bodigisel. Atter andre har hevdet at Arnulfs mor var Bertha, prinsesse av Paris (539-640).

Arnulfs eldre forfedre fra en ?Mellobaude? i det 4. århundre, kan ha vært en konstruert slektsrekke for å smigre karolingerne:

Mellobaude (320-376)
Richemir (350-384) giftet seg med Ascyla (d.352)
Teodemir Magnus (370-414) giftet seg med Valentina Justina (d. 414)
Klodvig ripuarieren (398-448) giftet seg med Ildegonde de Keulen (399-450)
Childebert of Keulen (430-483) giftet seg med Amalaberge (435-478)
Sigibert den lame (d.509)
Klodrik av Køln (477-509) giftet seg med Parricide
Munderik (500-532) giftet seg med Arthenia (500)
Bodigisel I giftet seg med Palatina
Bodigisel II (d.588) giftet seg med Oda av sveberne
Arnulf (582-641) giftet seg med Dode (586-612)

Eksterne lenker
Catholic Encyclopedia 1908 ?St. Arnulf av Metz?

Saint Arnoult, évêque de Metz

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[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: RC 53, 171, 358; AF; Kraentzler 1635; Collins; Pfafman; "The Franks;" The Carolingian Ancestry of Edmond Hawes, Alice Freeman and Thomas James by Henry James Young. Along with Pepin, the Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia, Arnoul (Arnulf) was a chief advisor of Dagobert. RC calls him a tutor of Dagobert. Bishop of Metz. K: St. Arnuld, the Holy, Majordomo and Bishop of Metz. Born after 13 June 562. Buried Habendum an der Mozel, later at St. Arnulf's Church at Metz. Carolingian: St Arnulph, died 641, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, later bishop of Metz. No wife listed. Collins (or Smallwood) mixes up St. Arnold, Bishop of Metz. with Arnoaldus, Bishop of Metz.

Fra 596 til 612 var han ved hoffet, Han satt i statstjeneste og forvaltet store landområder. Han var biskop i Metz fra 612 til 627. Fra 627 til han døde, var han munk i Remiremont.

Parentage is considered speculative and/or unreliable.[Custer February 1,2002 Family Tree.FTW]

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Parentage is considered speculative and/or unreliable.

Arnulfo de Metz (? c. 13 de Agosto de 582 † 16 de Agosto de 641) foi um nobre franco que teve grande influência nos reinos merovíngios como bispo, sendo depois canonizado como santo. Ele também é conhecido pelo seu nome anglicizado, Arnoldo.

Geboren op 13 augustus 582 - Palais Eveque Gestorven op 16 augustus 641 , leeftijd bij overlijden: 59 jaar oud

Enquanto Arnulfo é reconhecido como um dos mais antigos ancestrais documentados de Carlos Magno, e através disso de muitas famílias reais européias modernas, a sua ancestralidade é incerta e não documentada. Alguns têm afirmado que seu pai foi Arnoldo (c. 535 600) e sua mãe Ada da Suábia. Esse Arnoldo é às vezes citado como sendo filho de Ausberto, senador de Mosela e de Berta de Kent, filha de Cariberto I, rei merovíngio de Paris. Outros, citando lendas francas, fazem Arnulfo filho de Bodegisel II. Há ainda outros que a mãe de Arnulfo era Berta, princesa de Paris.
O ancestral mais antigo de Arnulfo é um certo "Melobaudo" do século IV, mas essa ancestralidade (expostga na árvore a partir de Bodegisel II) deve ser uma fantasia genealógica para bajular os carolíngios.

LDS-FHC (AFN:GS51-SW) Name: St. Arnoul

From THE RUFUS PARKS PEDIGREE by Brian J.L. Berry, pg 63, chart pg 61.

Page 63:

8. ST. ARNULF, c.13 Aug. 582--16 Aug. 641; powerful Mayor of the Palace and councelor of CLOTAIRE II and DAgOBERT I, Merovingian Kings of Austrasia. Historians referred to his dynasty as the Arnulfings, but later ones called it the Carolingian. He mar. c.596 CLOTHILDE (DODA); they were parents of St. Clodulf, Bishop of Metz c.659, and ANSGISE. ARNULF determined to become a monk at lerins off the Provencial coast and DODA became a nun at Trèves (Teir). He was on the point of retiring when he was called to be Bishop of Metz 614. He finally retired 629 to a hermitage near tha Abbey of Remiremont. His canonical day is 18 July. A reliquary in the Cathedral at Metz contains a quite visible fragment of St. ARNULF's cranium. His episcopal ring is also to be seen there, and a legend prevails that ARNULF had thrown it into the Moselle River at Trèves, only to have it served up to him in the body of a fish which had swallowed it.

!Avalability: the libraries of Ken, Karen, Kristen, Kevin, Brian, Amy, Adam and FAL.

Source: "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists" by Frederick Lewis Weis.

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8. Saint Arnulf, b. ca. 13 Aug. 582, d. 16 Aug. 640, Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dagobert; Bissoph of Metz 612; m. abt 596, Dode (Chothilde) who became a nun at Trèves 612. (They were the parents of St. Clodulf, Bishop of Metz, ca. 650; d. 690).

Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

He was Mayor of the Palace an Bishop of Metz from 612 on.

BIOGRAPHY
Arnulf spent his early years at the court of Theodebert II, King of Austrasia (in what is now France). Aged thirty and a widower, he wanted to retire from public life. However, though he was not a priest, in 614 he was chosen Bishop of Metz.

He remained an adviser to King Chlotar II, whom he had helped to gain the Frankish throne, and was tutor to his son Dagobert. In 629 he retired to the Vosges Mountains. His friend Romaric had gone there earlier and begun the monastic community at Habend later called Remiremont. Arnulf settled nearby and lived there until he died twelve years later.

1ST MAJOR DOMUS OF CLOTHAIR II; BISHOP OF METZ 582-640; RESIGNED ALL HIS
DIGNITIES IN 627 AND SPENT THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN A CAVE AT REMIREMONT ON THE
MOSELLE RIVER IN THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS WITH HIS FRIEND, ST. ROMARIC; DIED A
HERMIT; PATRON SAINT OF BREWERS AND MILLERS; COMMON PATRIARCH OF THE CAROLINGIAN
AND CAPETIAN KINGS

Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582. In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and as dux at the Schelde. Later he became bishop of Metz. During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint. In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz. The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography, he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons, who is a patron saint of brewing.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This late attribution of royal Merovingian descent at a time when the Carolingian dynasty was at the peak of its power contrasts clearly with the contemporary Vita Sancti Arnulfi's failure to mention any such a connection: The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, merely states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods"[1], without making any claims to royal blood. While modern historians generally dismiss the later Carolingian genealogy as spurious[2], it constitutes an important link in Christian Settipani's suggested line of descent from antiquity via Flavius Afranius Syagrius.

Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman who later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen.

!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. III
2. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt 1, p. 5
3. Americana, Am. Pub. F, v. 32, p. 581
4. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
5. Ahnen zu Karl der Grossen, Germ. FH 694, p. 28
6. Italy and Her Invaders, Italy 1, v. 7, p. 28-44
7. Anderson's Royal Gen., Eng. 132, p. 596, 616
8. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 252
!RESEARCH NOTES:
1. Several of the sources shown below indicate Saint Arnoul as the son of Arnouldus and Oda. The source (Gen. Hist. 25) indicates other lineage claims but accepts this as most probable. In the source "Italy and Her Invaders" all attempts of establishing his parentage are held in question, inasmuch as all such claims were made more than 100 years after the death of Charlemagne, and historians contemporaneous with Charlemagne, though were anxious and did write much about this lineage of Charlemagne, make no mention of Saint Arnoul's parentage.

BIOGRAPHY Arnulf spent his early years at the court of Theodebert II, King of Austrasia (in what is now France). Aged thirty and a widower, he wanted to retire from public life. However, though he was not a priest, in 614 he was chosen Bishop of Metz. He remained an adviser to King Chlotar II, whom he had helped to gain the Frankish throne, and was tutor to his son Dagobert. In 629 he retired to the Vosges Mountains. His friend Romaric had gone there earlier and begun the monastic community at H abend later called Remiremont. Arnulf settled nearby and lived there until he died twelve years later.

!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. III
2. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt 1, p. 5
3. Americana, Am. Pub. F, v. 32, p. 581
4. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
5. Ahnen zu Karl der Grossen, Germ. FH 694, p. 28
6. Italy and Her Invaders, Italy 1, v. 7, p. 28-44
7. Anderson's Royal Gen., Eng. 132, p. 596, 616
8. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 252
!RESEARCH NOTES:
1. Several of the sources shown below indicate Saint Arnoul as the son of Arnouldus and Oda. The source (Gen. Hist. 25) indicates other lineage claims but accepts this as most probable. In the source "Italy and Her Invaders" all attempts of establishing his parentage are held in question, inasmuch as all such claims were made more than 100 years after the death of Charlemagne, and historians contemporaneous with Charlemagne, though were anxious and did write much about this lineage of Charlemagne, make no mention of Saint Arnoul's parentage.

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Arnulf of Metz (582-640)
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!SOURCES:
1. Tab. Gen. Souv., France 22, Tab. III
2. Keiser und Koenig Hist., Gen. Hist. 25, pt 1, p. 5
3. Americana, Am. Pub. F, v. 32, p. 581
4. Plantagenet Ancestry, Eng. 116, p. 171
5. Ahnen zu Karl der Grossen, Germ. FH 694, p. 28
6. Italy and Her Invaders, Italy 1, v. 7, p. 28-44
7. Anderson's Royal Gen., Eng. 132, p. 596, 616
8. Betham's Gen. Tab., Eng. 133, Tab. 252

!RESEARCH NOTES:
1. Several of the sources shown below indicate Saint Arnoul as the son of Arnouldus and Oda. The source (Gen. Hist. 25) indicates other lineage claims but accepts this as most probable. In the source "Italy and Her Invaders" all attempts of establishing his parentage are held in question, inasmuch as all such claims were made more than 100 years after the death of Charlemagne, and historians contemporaneous with Charlemagne, though were anxious and did write much about this lineage of Charlemagne, make no mention of Saint Arnoul's parentage.

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