Monulph
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Monulph[1] was a sixth-century bishop of Tongeren, in present-day Belgium. A shadowy figure, his date of death is traditionally given as 588. Also traditionally, he founded a church in 558 at the river confluence that would become Liège[2]. His birthplace is given as Dinant, his father's name as Randace[3].
He is supposed to have moved the see of the diocese, from Tongeren to Maastricht. In practice the bishops had resided there from the beginning of the sixth century. Monulph built a large tomb for St Servaas.[4] (Servatius), or for "Aravatius"[5].
His successor was Gondulphus of Tongeren; they are both Catholic saints, sharing the feast day July 16[6]. The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913 raised the question of whether they may refer to the same person[7]. Louis Duchesne has suggested that Monulph succeeded Servaas directly (in contradiction of the account in Gregory of Tours)[8].
[edit] Notes
- ^ Monulphus, Monulf, Monulfus, Mondolf, Mondolphus.
- ^ Liege, Belgium (Capital) - LoveToKnow 1911
- ^ Belgium Guide - Province of Namur : Dinant
- ^ Adriaan E. Verhulst, The Rise of Cities in North-west Europe (1999),p. 26
- ^ Mayke De Jong, Frans Theuws, Carine van Rhijn, Topographies of Power in the Early Middle Ages (2001), p. 156.
- ^ On-line Calendar of Saints Days, July
- ^ CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Gondulphus
- ^ Raymond Van Dam, Glory of the Confessors (1988), note p. 52.
