Arnual

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Arnual (also Arnoald , Latin Arnualdus ) is a Catholic saint. He was Bishop of Metz from 601 to 609 . His feast day is October 9th .

The name "Arnoald" comes from Old High German and means "waving like an eagle". Arnual is considered the founder of the monastery in the village of Merkingen , which was later renamed St. Arnual and is now a district of Saarbrücken .

Arnual married his wife Oda around 584, with whom he had two children. He had a desire to become a priest, and the couple separated, Oda entered a monastery. Arnual became bishop of Metz in 601, but renounced the bishop's seat in 609 and became a hermit . In the same year he founded a clerical community in Merkingen, today's St. Arnual. According to tradition, Arnual received the village of Merkingen from the Merovingian king Theudebert II as a gift. From this monastery he evangelized the areas around what is now Saarbrücken. He is also said to be buried in St. Arnual, excavations between 1989 and 1995 revealed an important Merovingian burial site in the crossing of the church, towards which the other tombs of the time are oriented.

literature

  • Evangelical Church Community St. Arnual (Ed.): Stiftskirche St. Arnual, resumption of service on September 18, 1994. Saarbrücken 1994.
  • Andreas Heinz : Witnesses of Faith and Advocates., The Saints of the Saarland , Saarbrücken 1980, pp. 49–53.
  • Andreas Heinz: Saints in Saarland. 2nd edition, Saarbrücken 1991, ISBN 3-925036-44-X .
  • Hans-Walter Herrmann: The collegiate church in Saarbrücken / St. Arnual. Saarbrücken 1997 (= Art History Series of the State Institute for Education and Media).
  • Hans-Walter Herrmann (Hrsg.): The collegiate church St. Arnual in Saarbrücken . Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne / Bonn 1998, ISBN 3-7927-1724-7 (= series of publications by the Association for Rhenish Church History, Volume 130).
  • Christian Settipani: Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale: mythe et réalité. Addenda I - III (July 2000 - October 2002) (= Prosopographica et Genealogica Vol. 2).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ saarland-biographien.de: Arnual (also Arnoald) , with reference to: Christian Settipani: Continuité gentilice et continuité familiale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale: mythe et réalité. Addenda I - III (July 2000 - October 2002) (= Prosopographica et Genealogica Vol. 2).
predecessor Office successor
Aigulf Bishop of Metz
601–609 		Pappolus
personal data
SURNAME Arnual
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnoald; Arnualdus (Latin)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic saint, Bishop of Metz
DATE OF BIRTH before 601
DATE OF DEATH after 609