Herulph (†815) (Herulphe, Hariolf, Hariolfus) was a

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of the

Abbey of St. Gall The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spot ...

who founded

Ellwangen Abbey Ellwangen Abbey (german: Kloster Ellwangen) was the earliest Benedictine monastery established in the Duchy of Swabia, at the present-day town of Ellwangen an der Jagst, Baden-Württemberg, about 100 km (60 mi) north-east of Stuttgart. ...

. He is a Catholic saint; his feast day is December 13.

Life

Herulph was born about 730 in

Ellwangen Ellwangen an der Jagst, officially Ellwangen (Jagst), in common use simply Ellwangen () is a town in the district of Ostalbkreis in the east of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. It is situated about north of Aalen. Ellwangen has 25,000 inhabitants. ...

near Stuttgart. He was the son of the Count of Ellwangen, and related to

Gozbald Gozbald, in Latin ''Gozbaldus'' or ''Gauzbaldus'' (died 20 September 855), was the abbot of Niederaltaich from 825, and the bishop of Würzburg from 842, until his death. He also served as chorbishop of the diocese of Passau. On the basis of an ...

, archchaplain and chancellor to

Louis the German Louis the German (c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany and Louis II of East Francia, was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 843 to 876 AD. Grandson of emperor Charlemagne and the third son of Louis the P ...

.Goldberg, Eric Joseph (2006). ''Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict Under Louis the German, 817–876''. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, p. 171 Herulph and his brother Erlolf became

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monks of the

in Switzerland.Holweck, Frederick George. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints'', B. Herder Book Company, 1924, p. 479
/ref> Around 750 he and his brother founded the monastery of Ellwangen. Herulph became the first abbot. In 759, Erlolf became

Bishop of Langres The Roman Catholic Diocese of Langres (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lingonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Langres'') is a Roman Catholic diocese comprising the ''département'' of Haute-Marne in France. The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesiastical pr ...

in France and sent relics of SS. Speosippus, Eleosippus and Meleosippus to Ellwangen. In 773, he sent Herulph relics of SS. Sulpicius and Servilian, which he had obtained from

Pope Adrian I Pope Adrian I ( la, Hadrianus I; died 25 December 795) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 772 to his death. He was the son of Theodore, a Roman nobleman. Adrian and his predecessors had to contend with periodic ...

, and they became the main patron saints of the first monastic church. Herulph assisted at the

Lateran Council (769) The Lateran Council of 769 was a synod held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran to rectify perceived abuses in the papal electoral process which had led to the elevation of the antipopes Constantine II and Philip. It also condemned the ruling ...

, and became chorbishop of Langres in 772. Erlolf died in 785 and was buried in the monastery church of St Vitus at Ellwangen. He is commemorated on August 13. Herulph resigned as bishop around 778 and retired to Ellwangen, where he died in 815. He also was buried at St. Vitus. A ''Vita Hariolfi'' was written by the Benedictine monk,

Ermanrich of Passau Ermanrich or Ermenrich (Hermanrich; born c. 814 – 874) was a Benedictine monk and court chaplain, who became Bishop of Passau from 866 to 874. He supported East Francia's expansion to the east, and likewise the expansion of the eastern bishoprics, ...

References

External links

Saint Herulph
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