A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.
June 8
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Bishop
Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 52 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.
Chlodulf for some time filled several offices of responsibility in the palace of the king of Austrasia, and he acquired such renown for his probity and virtue, that, on the death of Godo, bishop of Metz, in spite of his resistance, he was elected in his place by the clergy and people.
Learn from the kind of life it was. A shepherd who stayed with his people through hard times.
Keep their day. Remember them on June 8 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.
Chlodulf for some time filled several offices of responsibility in the palace of the king of Austrasia, and he acquired such renown for his probity and virtue, that, on the death of Godo, bishop of Metz, in spite of his resistance, he was elected in his place by the clergy and people.
Feast: June 8
One short email a day for nine days. The day's prayer, a line from St. Chlodulf of Metz's story, and a nudge to keep going.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.
