Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Saint Arnulf de Metz

582 - 639  (56 years)

• Name	Saint Arnulf de Metz  [1]
  Title	Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
  Birth	13 Aug 582	Herstal, Liege, Belgium   [1]
  	(Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)
  Gender	Male
  Kinfolk of Note	Direct Ancestor of Lawrence Adolph Twomey, Retha Zulma Gott, and Cecil Lamar Moon
  Occupation	Bishop of Metz
  Ordained	St. Arnulf of Metz was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand. He is the Patron Saint of Brewers  [2]
  		Church Window of Saint Arnulf Saint Arnulf
  Religion	He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit
  Death	18 Jul 639	Remiremont, Vosges, Lorraine, France   [1]
  Burial	Remiremont, Vosges, Lorraine, France
  	(Remiremont Abbey)
  Person ID	I11168	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Governor of Aquitaine de Tongres Arnoldus de Metz,   b. 560, Aquitaine, France d. Abt 611 (Age 51 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Oda von Swabia,   b. 562   d. 640, Saxony, Germany (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Saxony, Germany   [1]
  Family ID	F3201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Arnoldus de Saxony,   b. Saxony, Germany d. Istanbul, Turkey
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Oda de Savoy,   b. Germany d. Saxony, Germany
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Clothilde de Heristal,   b. Abt 585, Herstal, Liege, Belgium d. 23 Oct 640, Tréves, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	Abt 596
  Children	1. Bishop Ansegisal de Metz,   b. 605   d. 678, Metz, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Bishop of Metz Saint Clodulf de Metz,   b. 605, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. 8 Jun 696, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France (Age 91 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F4039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 13 Aug 582 - Herstal, Liege, Belgium Death - 18 Jul 639 - Remiremont, Vosges, Lorraine, France Burial - - Remiremont, Vosges, Lorraine, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World		†Saint Arnulf Arnulf of Metz (c. 582 – 645) was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia. He later retired to the Abbey of Remiremont.
  		†Saint Arnulf of Metz, the tent years Also called Arnold of Metz. The French called him Arnoul de Metz. Arnulf was best buddies with Pepin the Elder. During the lifetime of King Chlotar II, those two — Pepin and Arnulf — were rising in power and influence each day. Starting out merely as nobles, Arnulf became Bishop of Metz and Pepin royal adviser as well as mayor of one…

  
  

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  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S547] Saints, Saint Arnulf of Metz. Statesman, bishop under the Merovingians, born c. 580; died c. 640. His parents belonged to a distinguished Frankish family, and lived in Austrasia, the eastern section of the kingdom founded by Clovis. In the school in which he was placed during his boyhood he excelled through his talent and his good behaviour. According to the custom of the age, he was sent in due time to the court of Theodebert II, King of Austrasia (595-612), to be initiated in the various branches of the government. Under the guidance of Gundulf, the Mayor of the Palace, he soon became so proficient that he was placed on the regular list of royal officers, and among the first of the kings ministers. He distinguished himself both as a military commander and in the civil administration; at one time he had under his care six distinct provinces. In due course Arnulf was married to a Frankish woman of noble lineage, by whom he had two sons, Anseghisel and Clodulf. While Arnulf was enjoying worldly emoluments and honours he did not forget high http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01752b.htm