Saint Rumold

Also known as
Rombauld; Rombaut; Rumbold; Rumoldus
Memorial
3 July; formerly 24 June
Profile
Benedictine monk. Bishop of Dublin. Missionary with Saint Willibrord in Holland and Brabant. Martyr, murdered by two men who's sinful ways he had denounced.
Born
Irish
Died
martyred c.775 near Malines, Flanders, Belgium; relics in a golden shrine in the cathedral of Malines
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Patronage
Malines, Belgium
Representation
bishop with a missionary's cross; bearded man with a hoe lying under his feet; murdered man near a coffer of money
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