Gibuld

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Gibuld (Gibuldus / Gebavultus) was king of the Alamanni around 470. He is the last known king before the defeat of the Alamanni at the battle of Tolbiac in 496.

According to Eugippus, Gibuld used to harry Passau, until he was asked by Saint Severinus of Noricum to free his Roman hostages. Gibuld was so impressed by the Christian abbot that he agreed to free seventy of his prisoners. A vita of Saint Lupus tells a similar story, with Lupus in the role of Severinus.