Herulph (†815) (Herulphe, Hariolf, Hariolfus) was a

Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ...

of the Abbey of St. Gall who founded

Ellwangen Abbey Ellwangen Abbey () was the earliest Benedictine monastery established in the Duchy of Swabia, at the present-day town of Ellwangen an der Jagst, Baden-Württemberg, about 100 km (60 mi) north-east of Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabia ...

. He is a Catholic saint; his feast day is December 13.

Life

Herulph was born about 730 in

Ellwangen Ellwangen an der Jagst, officially Ellwangen (Jagst), in common use simply Ellwangen () is a town in the district of Ostalbkreis in the east of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated about north of Aalen. Ellwangen has 25,000 inha ...

near Stuttgart. He was the son of the Count of Ellwangen, and related to

Gozbald Gozbald, in Latin ''Gozbaldus'' or ''Gauzbaldus'' (died 20 September 855), was the abbot of Niederaltaich from 825, and the bishop of Würzburg from 842, until his death. He also served as chorbishop of the diocese of Passau. On the basis of a ...

, archchaplain and chancellor to

Louis the German Louis the German (German language, German: ''Ludwig der Deutsche''; c. 806/810 – 28 August 876), also known as Louis II of Germany (German language, German: ''Ludwig II. von Deutschland''), was the first king of East Francia, and ruled from 8 ...

.Goldberg, Eric Joseph (2006). ''Struggle for Empire: Kingship and Conflict Under Louis the German, 817–876''. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, p. 171 Herulph and his brother Erlolf became

monks of the Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland.Holweck, Frederick George. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints'', B. Herder Book Company, 1924, p. 479
/ref> Around 750 he and his brother founded the monastery of Ellwangen. Herulph became the first abbot. In 759, Erlolf became

Bishop of Langres The Diocese of Langres (Latin: ''Dioecesis Lingonensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Langres'') is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church comprising the '' département'' of Haute-Marne in France. The diocese is now a suffragan in ecclesias ...

in France and sent relics of SS. Speosippus, Eleosippus and Meleosippus to Ellwangen. In 773, he sent Herulph relics of SS. Sulpicius and Servilian, which he had obtained from

Pope Adrian I Pope Adrian I (; 700 – 25 December 795) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1 February 772 until his death on 25 December 795. Descended from a family of the military aristocracy of Rome known as ''domini de via Lata'', h ...

, and they became the main patron saints of the first monastic church. Herulph assisted at the

Lateran Council (769) The Lateran Council of 769 was a synod held in the Basilica of St. John Lateran to rectify Papal selection before 1059, perceived abuses in the papal electoral process which had led to the elevation of the antipopes Antipope Constantine II, Cons ...

, and became chorbishop of Langres in 772. Erlolf died in 785 and was buried in the monastery church of St Vitus at Ellwangen. He is commemorated on August 13. Herulph resigned as bishop around 778 and retired to Ellwangen, where he died in 815. He also was buried at St. Vitus. A ''Vita Hariolfi'' was written by the Benedictine monk,

Ermanrich of Passau Ermanrich or Ermenrich (Hermanrich; born c. 814 – 874) was a Benedictine monk and court chaplain, who became Bishop of Passau from 866 to 874. He supported East Francia's expansion to the east, and likewise the expansion of the eastern bishoprics, ...

References

External links

Saint Herulph
at ''Patron Saints Index'' {{authority control Swiss Benedictines 8th-century Frankish saints 785 deaths