Saint Modoald of Trier
- Also known as
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Modoaldus of Trier
Modowald of Trier
Modowandus of Trier
Modwald of Trier
Romoald of Trier
Romoaldus of Trier
- Memorial
- 12 May
- Profile
- Born to the nobility.
Uncle of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and Saint Begga of of Ardenne.
Counsellor to King Dagobert I of the Franks.
Bishop of Trier, Germany in 628.
Attended the Council of Rheims.
He spoke so strongly against the immorality of the Frankish royal court that King Dagobert was moved to personal conversion.
- Born
- Aquitaine, France
- Died
- 640 in Trier, Germany of natural causes;
relics translated to Paderborn, Germany in 1107
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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