Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L5PF-TWQ
• Life Event: Between 614 and 629, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; Bishop of Metz

Notes:

He is celebrate as a Saint of Jul 18th.
please do not add any parents to Arnulf
as no one knows who his parents are
thanks

Nothing is known about Arnulf's ancestors including his parents (see also: False Merovingians).

Arnoul's ancestry has been debated since the 9th century. Contemporary documents say that he belongs to the highest Frankish nobility, while later genealogies attribute him as father to either the Bishop of Metz Arnoald or the ambassador of the Franks in Constantinople Bodogisel.

quintessence - we don't know anything about its origin

genealogy
From the Frankish nobility, wealthy in the Metz and Verdun area;
Sons: Saint Chlodulf, Bishop of Metz and Ansegisel (⚭ Begga, T Pippins the Elder).

Flavius Afranius Syagrius, of Lyons; a Gallo-Roman senator

(Syagria), his unknown daughter; married Ferreolus

Tonantius Ferreolus, a Gallo-Roman senator; married Papianilla, clarissima femina, a relative of the Papianilla who was a daughter of the emperor Avitus, and who married Sidonius Apollinaris

Tonantius Ferreolus, a Gallo-Roman senator; married Industria

Ferreolus, a Gallo-Roman senator; married Dode, abbess of St.-Pierre de Rheims

Ansbert, a senator; married Bilichilde

Arnoald, Bishop of Metz L5PF-TWQ
Dode, LVQY-22W probably his daughter; married St. Arnulf, Bishop of Metz

Ansegisel, LDSS-SY2 probably their son; married St. Begga LDSS-HQZ ; daughter of Pepin I, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia

Pepin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia; married Alpais / Alpaida 635-714 LDSS-4ZY

Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia; married Rotrude 689-741

Pepin the Short, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia; married Bertrada of Laon 714-768
Charlemagne 748-814

There are three legends associated with Arnulf:
The Legend of the Ring[edit]
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.[11]
The Legend of the Fire[edit]
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[edit]
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. For this reason he is known as the patron saint of Brewers.

Family/Spouse: of Metz, Doda. Doda was born in 584 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died in 640 in Kingdom of Austrasia; was buried on 26 Oct 640 in Kingdom of Austrasia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. of Austrasia, Ansegisel was born in 610 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died in 670 in Chaudfontaine, Liege, Belgium; was buried in 670.