Saint Modoald, also known as Romoald, was the

Frankish Frankish may refer to: * Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture ** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages * Francia, a post-Roman state in France and Germany * East Francia, the successor state to Francia in Germany ...

archbishop of Trier The Diocese of Trier, in English historically also known as ''Treves'' (IPA "tɾivz") from French ''Trèves'', is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Germany.patron saint A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, or Eastern Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or perso ...

of the

Reichsabtei Princely abbeys (german: Fürstabtei, ''Fürststift'') and Imperial abbeys (german: Reichsabtei, ''Reichskloster'', ''Reichsstift'', ''Reichsgotthaus'') were religious establishments within the Holy Roman Empire which enjoyed the status of impe ...

Helmarshausen Helmarshausen is a village and a part (''Stadtteil'') of the town of Bad Karlshafen in Hesse, central Germany. It was formerly the location of Helmarshausen Abbey, an Imperial abbey (''Reichsabtei'') of the Holy Roman Empire. Helmarshausen lies o ...

and his liturgical feast is on 12 May. Modoald was born in

Aquitaine Aquitaine ( , , ; oc, Aquitània ; eu, Akitania; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Aguiéne''), archaic Guyenne or Guienne ( oc, Guiana), is a historical region of southwestern France and a former administrative region of the country. Since 1 January ...

,Arduino, Fabio. "San Modoaldo", ''Santi e Beati'', May 3, 2006
/ref> the son of

Arnulf Arnulf is a masculine German given name. It is composed of the Germanic elements ''arn'' "eagle" and ''ulf'' "wolf". The ''-ulf, -olf'' suffix was an extremely frequent element in Germanic onomastics and from an early time was perceived as a mere ...

, later

Bishop of Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Es ...

."St. Severa of Villeneuve, France", Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
/ref> He had been at the Court of the Merovingian King

Dagobert I Dagobert I ( la, Dagobertus; 605/603 – 19 January 639 AD) was the king of Austrasia (623–634), king of all the Franks (629–634), and king of Neustria and Burgundy (629–639). He has been described as the last king of the Merovingian dy ...

, when the King had him made Archbishop of Trier.

Germanus of Granfelden Saint Germanus of Granfelden (* ca. 612 in Trier; † 675 near Moutier (today in canton of Bern, Switzerland) was the first abbot of Moutier-Grandval Abbey. ''Vita'' The "Life" of Saint Germanus appears in the eleventh century " Codex of Saint-Gal ...

was from a wealthy senatorial family of

Trier Trier ( , ; lb, Tréier ), formerly known in English as Trèves ( ;) and Triers (see also names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle in Germany. It lies in a valley between low vine-covered hills of red sandstone in the ...

. His father entrusted him at a young age to Bishop Modoald, for his education.Boillon, Claude. "Saints Germano and Randoaldo", Santi e Beati, February 19, 2018
/ref> Modoald established the community of Saint-Symphorien, on the

Moselle The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...

; and placed it under the supervision of his sister Saint Severa.Schulenburg, Jane Tibbetts. ''Forgetful of Their Sex: Female Sanctity and Society, ca. 500–1100'', University of Chicago Press, 1998
/ref>

Family

References

Medieval German saints 7th-century Frankish bishops 7th-century archbishops Roman Catholic bishops of Trier Pippinids 7th-century Frankish saints {{saint-stub