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Died c. 775; feast day formerly June 24. Rumold, an Anglo-Saxon monk, became a regionary bishop and worked under Saint Willibrord in Holland and Brabant. He was martyred near Malines, where he is now the titular of the cathedral and his relics rest in an elaborate golden shrine over the high altar. His feast is still a major event. The Roman martyrology and later legends say that he was of Irish descent and bishop of Dublin (Benedictines, Montague).

In art, Saint Rumbold is a bishop with a missioner's cross, a bearded man with a hoe lying under his feet. He may also be shown murdered near a coffer of money (Roeder).


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