Bishop Saint Arnulf De Heristal METZ
- Born: Abt 558-582, Heristal, Austrasia, France
- Married: Abt 611
- Died: 18 Jul 640-641, Vosages Mountain, Metz, Austrasia, France
- Buried: Metz, Moselle, Austrasia, France
 Other names for Saint were Arnoul, Saint, AUSTRASIA Mayor, "de Heristal", SAXONY, Arnoldus and METZ Bishop.
Ancestral File Number: 9GC9-0M. User ID: 2478537973888.
General Notes:
Bishop of METZ 611-641, Mayor AUSTRASIA (with Pepin) 622-627, Saint.
BOOKS
Barber Grandparents: 125 Kings, 143 Generations, Ted Butler Bernard and Gertrude Barber Bernard, 1978, McKinney TX, p68: "215C Arnulf, Duke of Austrasia, and a Saint, (S of205, F of 228); bishop of Metz in 613; resigned all honors in later life and retired to a cave in the Vosages Mountains where he died in 641; he was ordained a Saint and known as St. Arnulf; his day in the Calendar of Saints is August 15; married Doda of Saxony, who took the veil in the Convent of Treves."
The History of Medieval Europe, Lynn Thorndike, 1917, Houghton Mifflin Co, p194: "...a generation later Pepin of Heristal or Pepin II, the grandson of Pepin I and Arnulf, becamemayor of the palace in Austrasia, and by the victory of Testry in 687 gained control of Neustria also, and ruled over all the Franks until his death in 714..."
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1981, Micropaedia, Vol I, p536, Arnulf: "Born Abt 580, Died 18 Jul 641, Bishop of Metz, considered with Pepin I of Landen a founder of the Carolingian dynasty. Arnulf, a Frankish noble was associated with the courts of Theudebert II King of Austrasia and Chlotar II King of Neustria. He was named Bishop of Metz in 611/612, and ruled Austrasia with Pepin, the Mayor of the Palace, for Dagobert I from 622 until he retired to the eremitic life (Abt 627). Arnulf's son married Pepin's daughter; their son, Pepin II of Herstal, was Charlemagne's great grandfather."
Vol II, p581, Carolingians: "...another of Chlotar's counsellors was a certain Arnulf (died Abt ?635), Bishop of Metz. Pepin had a son, Grimoald, and a daughter, Begga, who was married to Arnulf's son Ansegisel..."
ANCESTRY.COM
World Ancestral Chart No. 125360 Ancestors of Patricia Ann Kieffer.
ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.10 9GC9-0M Saint Arnoul METZ Bishop Born Abt 582 Died 16 Aug 640/641, 8HRB-4Q St Arnulf Born Abt 558, EB Born Abt 580, Ancestral File Ver 4.10 9GC9-0M St Arnoul "de Heristal" Bishop of METZ, Ver 4.19 8HR9-ZW Arnoldus of SAXONY Born Abt 562 Old Saxony Germany Died 601.
Marriage Information:
Saint married Dode De HERISTAL about 611. (Dode De HERISTAL was born about 556-586 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium and died after 611 in Convent, Treves, Germany.)
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