Commentary
His parentage is uncertain. Weis places him as the son of Bodegisel II and Oda. Cawley says "A 9th century genealogy names "beatum Arnulfum episcopum" as the son of Arnold, and Arnulf's sons "Flodulfum, Wallchisum et Anchisum". Settipani points out that this formed part of a series of genealogies compiled at Metz, from the late 8th century onwards, to glorify the ancestry of the Carolingian dynasty by establishing their descent from the early Merovingians and also from a family of Roman senatorial origin. The earlier Vita Sancti Arnulfi names "Arnulfus episcopus prosapia genitus Francorum" but gives no further details of his ancestry. Another genealogy from the same period does not attempt to trace Arnoul's ancestors further than naming "Buotgisus" as father of "Arnulfum…episcopum urbis Metensium", although the editor of the Monumenta Germaniæ in which this is published cites another source which names "Burtgisus, qui a multis cognominatur Arnoaldus" although the dating of the latter is unclear."
Family
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SpouseDode (e581-) 
Child +Duke Ansgise, Mayor of the Palace (602-~665) [S756] [S977] [S3246:XXII]
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Attributes
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GenderMale
NameSt. Arnulf Mayor of the Palace [S756] [S3246:XII]
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NameArnoul Bishop of Metz [S977]
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NameSt. Arnulf Bishop of Metz [S3246:II]
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NameArnulf [S3245:XIX]
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TitleMayor of the Palace [S756] [S3245:XII]
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Timeline
ClaimDateDetailAgeEvidence
Birth 580 - 585 [S977]
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Birthabt Aug 13, 582France [S756]
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Marriedabt 596 [S756]
he was only 14
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Flourished612 [S756]
Tutor of Dagobert, Bishop of Metz
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Deathabt 640 [S977]
18 July
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DeathAug 16, 640Remirmont, France [S756]
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Sources
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[S756] Weis, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England before 1700, 7th Ed." (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1999).
[S977] Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Merovingian Nobility)" (2006-7 (v1.2 Updated 11 December 2006)) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKSMaiordomi.htm).
[S3245] J. M. Wallace-Hadrill (trans.), "The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar with its Continuations (Book IV)" (Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1960) (https://web.archive.org/web/20060203233532/http://www.bu.edu/english/levine/grch4+5.htm).
[S3246] J. M. Wallace-Hadrill (trans.), "The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar with its Continuations (Book V)" (Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1960) (https://web.archive.org/web/20060203233532/http://www.bu.edu/english/levine/grch4+5.htm).