St. Arnulf

Abt 582 - 641  (59 years)

• Name	St. Arnulf   [2, 3]
  	In his youth Arnulf served King Theodebert II of Austrasia. He was admired as much for his valor in battle as for his wise counsel to the king. He became Mayor of the Palace and began to play a major role in public life. After king Theodebert died in 612, a power struggle broke out among all those who hoped to succeed him. The empty throne was almost taken by the descendants of Brunhilde, who had been one of the most conspicuously murderous players in local politics ever since 568. Arnulf along with Pepin of Landen and other members of the local nobility led a successful revolt against Brunhilde's party and put King Clotaire II of Neustria on the Austrasian throne. After the revolt Arnulf and his wife Dode both decided to enter the religious life. She became a nun and entered a convent. He was on the point of entering a monastery when in 614 he was made bishop of Metz, the capital of Ausrasia. For the next several years, he had both civil and ecclesiastical responsibilities. In addition, in 622 Clotaire II made Arnulf the tutor and chief adviser to Clotaire's son Dagobert I. Around 627, Arnulf finally resigned all his duties and retired with his friend Romaric to a hermitage in the Vosges Mountains, which today is the abbey of Remiremont. Arnulf was the father of St. Clodulf. Through his other son Ansgise, Arnulf would become an ancestor of the Carolingians. He is the patron saint of Metz. [1]
  Birth	Abt 13 Aug 582	Austrasia   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Fact	Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and tutor of Dagobert   [2, 3]
  Fact	Between 613 and 629	Bishop of Mitz   [1, 2, 3]
  Death	16 Aug 641  [2, 3]
  Person ID	I39572	Main Tree
  Last Modified	22 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	St. Bodegeisel II   d. 588, Carthage, Africa
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Oda
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F14701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dode,   b. Abt 586, Old Saxony
  Marriage	Abt 596  [2, 3]
  Children	1. St. Clodulf   d. 690  [Birth]   2. Duke Ansegisel,   b. 602, Austria d. 685, Murdered (Age 83 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F14164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 13 Aug 582 - Austrasia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S5452] Alan J. Koman, A Who's Who of Your Ancestral Saints, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. - Baltimore). [S03311] Roderick W. Stuart, Royalty For Commoners - Fourth Edition, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc;;). [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700.