Arnulf, bishop of Metz

Also known as Saint Arnulf of Metz.

Events

Date of Birth: about 580 or 585.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 18 July 640 (or possibly 641 or 643).

Place of Death: Remiremont.

The date and place are given by Ewig.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

There is no certainty about Arnulf’s ancestry. A 9th century genealogy gives his father as Arnold, but this is considered to be unreliable. Another 8th or 9th century genealogy gives his father as Bodogisel.

Mother: unknown.

(possible) Spouse: Doda.

This relationship is given by pére Anselme (1:22). Cawley, citing Settipani, notes that the evidence for this relationship is not strong.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Chlodulf (about 610 - 8 May, about 697).

Ansegisel (born about 612).

References

Sources (available online):

(Pseudo-) Fredegarius. Chronicarum quae dicunter Fredegarii Scholastici libri IV. cum Continuationes (ed. Bruno Krusch) in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptores Rerum Merovingicarum tomus II. (Hannover, 1888). (IV 40, 58)

Umnone. "Vita Sancti Arnulfi" in Acta Sanctorum Julii tomus quartus. (Paris and Rome, 1868). pp. 440-445

"Vitae Columbani abbatis discipulorumque eius" (ed. Bruno Krusch) in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptores Rerum Merovingicarum tomus IV. (Hannover, 1902). II, 23

"Vita Sancti Arnulfi" (ed. Bruno Krusch) in Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Scriptores Rerum Merovingicarum tomus II. (Hannover, 1888). pp. 426-446.

Literature:

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Bretscher-Gisiger, Ch. genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Cawley, Charles. “Arnoul” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Ewig, Eugen “Arnulf”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 1 (1953), S. 397 [Onlinefassung].

Settipani, Christian. Les ancêtres de Charlemagne. (2nd ed., Prosopographia et Genealogica, 2014).