![Rihholf referenced in Köner Cathedral Library](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Rihholf_referenced_in_K%C3%B6ner_Cathedral_Library.jpg)
Ricolf was
bishop of Cologne
The Archbishop of Cologne is an archbishop governing the Archdiocese of Cologne of the Catholic Church in western North Rhine-Westphalia and is also a historical state in the Rhine holding the birthplace of Beethoven and northern Rhineland-Palati ...
in the eighth century, from 763 to 784.
Imperial Archbishops
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There was also a lord Ricolf in Flanders, who settled Ricolvingahem (now the Rijkeghem kouter near Tielt
Tielt (; french: Thielt) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Tielt proper and the villages of Aarsele, Kanegem, and Schuiferskapelle.
History
Some traces of Gallo-Roman occu ...
), during the reign of Louis the Pious
Louis the Pious (german: Ludwig der Fromme; french: Louis le Pieux; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aqui ...
, the successor of Charlemagne between 814 and 840. He is mentioned als Riculfus in the archives of the Saint Peter's Abbey, Ghent, as having ceded one of his subjects to the abbey.
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External links
Cologne diocese site
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Roman Catholic bishops of Cologne
8th-century Frankish bishops