Saint Modoald, also spelled Moduald, was the Frankish archbishop of Trier from 626 to 645. He is the patron saint of the Reichsabtei Helmarshausen and his liturgical feast is on 12 May.
Modoald was born in Aquitaine,Arduino, Fabio. "San Modoaldo", Santi e Beati, May 3, 2006 the son of Arnulf, later Bishop of Metz."St. Severa of Villeneuve, France", Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese
He had been at the Court of the Merovingian King Dagobert I,Monks of Ramsgate. "Modoald". Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 January 2016 when the King had him made Archbishop of Trier. Germanus of Granfelden was from a wealthy senatorial family of Trier. His father entrusted him at a young age to Bishop Modoald, for his education.Boillon, Claude. "Saints Germano and Randoaldo", Santi e Beati, February 19, 2018
Modoald established the community of Saint-Symphorien, on the Moselle; and placed it under the supervision of his sister Saint Severa.Schulenburg, Jane Tibbetts. Forgetful of Their Sex: Female Sanctity and Society, ca. 500–1100, University of Chicago Press, 1998
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