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Saint Arnoul Meroving

Birth
Lay-Saint-Christophe, Departement de Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France
Death
16 Aug 640 (aged 58)
Remiremont, Departement des Vosges, Lorraine, France
Burial
Metz-en-Couture, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
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Patron Saint of Brewers
Born 13 Aug 582, Heristal, Leige, Belgium, Died: 16 Aug 640, Horenberg Monastery, Wasenwald, Germany.
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.
Patron Saint of Brewers
Born 13 Aug 582, Heristal, Leige, Belgium, Died: 16 Aug 640, Horenberg Monastery, Wasenwald, Germany.
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.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82499540/arnoul-meroving: accessed ), memorial page for Saint Arnoul Meroving (13 Aug 582–16 Aug 640), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82499540, citing Church of the Apostles, Metz-en-Couture, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by Brett Williams (contributor 47234529).