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Birth:          13 Aug  582 Austrasia
Death:          16 Aug  640 

Notes
canonized
other lines exist taking him back to same ultimate place
tutor of Dagobert
Saint Arnulf of Metz (c. 582 – 640) was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the 
Merovingian court of Austrasia, who retired to the Abbey of Remiremont. In French he 
is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf; in English he is also known as Arnold.
Genealogy[edit]

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was 
compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. 
According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the 
son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise 
unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This claim of royal Merovingian descent is not 
confirmed by the contemporary reference in the Vita Sancti Arnulfi.

The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, states that he was of Frankish 
ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly 
goods",[1] without making any claims to royal blood. However, under Salic Law, no 
children of Blithilde would be recognized as legitimate heirs to the dynasty. Therefore, 
the connection may or may not have been noted in relevant documentation.

The Commemoratio Genealogiae Domni Karoli Glorissimi Imperatoris written originally in 
the early 9th century states that Arnulf of Metz was the son of predecessor Arnoaldus 
of Metz, himself a son of Ansbertus and thus the Ferreoli of the Midi. J. Depoin in 
"Grand Figures Monacales Du Temps Merovingiens. St Arnoul de Metz, Etudes de 
Critique Historique" Revue Mabillon 21, (1921) observed that chronologically and for 
other reasons - Arnulf was identified as a Frank in contemporary documents whereas 
Arnoald was identified by Paul the Deacon as a Roman ex nobilia senatorum familia 
orto- this construction was incorrect and proposed an alternative to the effect that 
Arnulf's father was Bodegisel, based in significant part on the Vita Gundolphi. David 
Humiston Kelley then proposed that Arnoaldus was likely an ancestor of the 
Carolingians through a daughter Itta, wife of Pepin of Landen. Christian Settipani 
carefully revisited and expanded upon the work of Depoin and Kelley. He concurred in 
Arnulf's descent from Bodegisel instead of Arnoald, and that there was a connection 
between the Ripuarian Frankish royal house and the Carolingians but argued (without 
dismissing the possibility of Itta's being Arnoald's daughter) that there was a 
connection through Arnulf's wife, Doda who he posited as a daughter of Arnoald. Kelly 
considered Settipani's proposed connection between the Carolingians and Arnoald 
and regarded it as probable.

Parents
____ Bodegeisel II "Dux" (ABT  550 -  588)
____ Oda (ABT  550 - )

Siblings
DE HERISTAL Arnulf "Saint" (13 Aug  582 - 16 Aug  640)

Marriage To OF OLD SAXONY Oda (Dode) (Clothilde) (ABT  583 - )
    m. ABT  598 

Notes


Children by OF OLD SAXONY Oda (Dode) (Clothilde) ABT  583 - 
____ Clodoule (St. Clodoule) (ABT  599 -  690)
____ Ansguise (Ansegisel) ( 602 -  685)
____ Walchigise (ABT  610 - )

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