St. Arnulf, Bishop of Metz

Abt 582 - 640  (~ 57 years)

• Name	Arnulf
  Prefix	St.
  Suffix	Bishop of Metz
  Alternate birth	Abt 580	Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France   [1]
  Born	Abt 13 Aug 582	Heristal, Liege, Belgium   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Jul 640	Remiremont, Vosges, France   [1]
  Alternate death	16 Aug 640	Remiremont, Vosges, France   [2]
  Alternate death	643  [3]
  Buried	Church of the Apostles, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France   [4]
  Person ID	I3993	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of GFS, Ancestor of JDM, Ancestor of JMF, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of WPF
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Married	Abt 596  [5]
  Children	+ 1. Ansegisel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia,   b. 602,   d. Between 648 and 669  (Age 46 years)
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2017
  Family ID	F3425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  St Arnold Brewing Company Houston Texas.

  
  

• Notes

  Also called Arnoldus; Arnoul de Heristala. Ansegisel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, widely accepted as his son, is a proven ancestor of Charlemagne. From Wikipedia: There are three legends associated with Arnulf: The Legend of the Ring Arnulf was tormented by the violence that surrounded him and feared that he had played a role in the wars and murders that plagued the ruling families. Obsessed by these sins, Arnulf went to a bridge over the Moselle river. There he took off his bishop's ring and threw it into the river, praying to God to give him a sign of absolution by returning the ring to him. Many penitent years later, a fisherman brought to the bishop's kitchen a fish in the stomach of which was found the bishop's ring. Arnulf repaid the sign of God by immediately retiring as bishop and becoming a hermit for the remainder of his life. The Legend of the Fire At the moment Arnulf resigned as bishop, a fire broke out in the cellars of the royal palace and threatened to spread throughout the city of Metz. Arnulf, full of courage and feeling unity with the townspeople, stood before the fire and said, "If God wants me to be consumed, I am in His hands." He then made the sign of the cross at which point the fire immediately receded. The Legend of the Beer Mug It was July 642 and very hot when the parishioners of Metz went to Remiremont to recover the remains of their former bishop. They had little to drink and the terrain was inhospitable. At the point when the exhausted procession was about to leave Champigneulles, one of the parishioners, Duc Notto, prayed "By his powerful intercession the Blessed Arnold will bring us what we lack." Immediately the small remnant of beer at the bottom of a pot multiplied in such amounts that the pilgrims thirst was quenched and they had enough to enjoy the next evening when they arrived in Metz.

  
  

• Sources

  [S35] Encyclopedia Britannica. [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008. [S346] The Oxford Dictionary of Saints by David Hugh Farmer. Oxford University Press, 1978. [S160] Wikipedia., article on the Abbey of Saint-Arnould. [S87] Christian Settipani, Les Ancetres de Charlemagne. Editions Christian, France, 1989. Also, "Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale dans les Familles Senatoriales Romaines l'Epoque Imperiale, Mythe et Realite, Addenda I - III," Prosopographica et Genealogica, July 2000 - October 2002.