Saint Rumbold
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| Saint Rumbold | |
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| Bishop and martyr | |
| Born | possibly Ireland |
| Died | At Mechelen, traditionally ca. 775 AD |
| Major shrine | St Rumbolds Cathedral in Mechelen |
| Feast | June 24 |
| Attributes | Depicted as a bishop with a missioner's cross, or a bearded man with a hoe lying under his feet. He may also be shown murdered near a coffer of money. |
| Patronage | Mechelen |
Saint Rumbold (or Rumold, (Latin) Rumoldus, (Dutch) Rombout, (French) Rombaut) (d. ca. 775 AD) was an Irish or Scottish missionary. He was consecrated a regionary bishop at Rome and assumedly worked under Saint Willibrord in Holland and Brabant. He was martyred near Mechelen by two men whom he had denounced for their evil ways.
He is said to have been the brother of Saint Himelin.[2] Hugh Ward (ca. 1590-1635) argued for the fact that Rumbold had been born in Ireland – he is also said to have been a bishop of Dublin, and that he was the son of a Scottish king.
St. Rumbolds Cathedral in Mechelen has at its high altar an elaborate golden shrine, containing relics contributed to the saint, and it is rumored that his remains are buried inside the cathedral. Twenty-five paintings in the choir illustrate his life.
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- ↑ 775 AD is the traditional date of his death. However, state-of-the-art examination of the relics assumed to be St. Rumbold's showed a death date between 580 and 655. This would make Saint Rumbold a Hiberno-Scottish missionary rather than an Anglo-Saxon missionary and not a contemporary of either Willibrord or Himelin.
