Saint Arnulf of Soissons
- Also known as
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Arnoldus of Soissons
Arnoul of Soissons
Arnulphus of Soissons
- Memorial
- 14 August
- Profile
- French nobleman.
Distinguished career soldier under King Robert and King Henry I.
Benedictine monk at the monastery of Saint Medard, Soissons, France c.1060.
Hermit, living for three years in a tiny cell with almost no contact with the outside.
Called to return to his community, he became abbot of his house.
He tried to refuse the responsibility; legend says he tried to flee the house, but that a wolf blocked his path and forced him to return.
Priest.
Bishop of Soissons in 1081.
When first offered the bishopric, he replied, "Leave a sinner to offer to God some fruits of penance; and compel not a madman to take upon him a charge which requires so much wisdom."
He was ordered to take the position, but found it more than he could handle.
When an interloper drove him from his see, he took the opportunity as a sign, resigned, and returned to monastic life.
Founded a monastery at Aldenburg, Flanders where he lived the rest of his days.
- Born
- 1040 at Flanders, Belgium
- Died
- 1087 at the monastery at Aldenburg, diocese of Bruges, Flanders, Belgium of natural causes;
miracles reported at his tomb were investigated and approved by a council at Beauvais in 1121;
relics translated to the church of Saint Peter, Aldenburg in 1131
- Patronage
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brewers
millers
music
to find lost articles
- Representation
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bishop blessing a burning castle
bishop wearing a coat of mail under his cope
bishop with a fish with a ring in its mouth
washing the feet of the poor
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Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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