Saint Rumbold

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name=Saint Rumbold
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death_date=c. 775
feast_day=June 24
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church, Western Rite Orthodox Communities


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birth_place=possibly Ireland
death_place=Mechelen
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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
major_shrine=St Rumbolds Cathedral in Mechelen
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Saint Rumbold (alternatively spelled: Rumold, Romuold, la icon Rumoldus, nl icon Rombout, fr icon Rombaut) was an Hiberno-Scottish missionary, and close companion of the hermit St. Gummarus.ref|date He was consecrated a regionary Bishop at Rome and assumedly worked under St. 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 St. Himelin. [ [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0310.htm#hime Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of March 10] ] Hugh Ward (ca. 1590-1635) argued 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 attributed to the saint, and it is rumored that his remains are buried inside the cathedral. Twenty-five paintings in the choir illustrate his life. St. Rumbold is believed to have died circa 775.

Saint Rumbold's feast day is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church, and the Western Rite Orthodox on June 24.

ee also

*Hiberno-Scottish mission
*Anglo-Saxon mission

External links

*en icon [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0703.htm#rumo Saint Patrick's Day Saints Index: Rumold(us)]
* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4662 Saints Index at Catholic Online]
* [http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsr.htm Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome]

References

# 775 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.Fact|date=September 2007 This would make Saint Rumbold a Hiberno-Scottish rather than than an Anglo-Saxon missionary, and not a contemporary of either St. Willibrord or St. Himelin.