St. Monulphus of Tongeren-Maastricht

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Died: early 7th century at Maastricht, Netherlands of natural causes, buried in the nave of the church of Saint Servatius in Maastricht, Netherlands, the bodies of Saint Monulph and Saint Gondulph were solemnly exhumed in 1039 by Bishop Nithard of Liège and Gerard of Florennes, Bishop of Cambrai; records of this incident were later mis-read giving rise to a legend in which the two saints arose from their tombs in 1039 in order to assist at the dedication of Aachen cathedral, re-interred in a sarcophagus in the crypt of the Basilica of Saint Servatius in Maastricht

Patronage: Achel, Belgium, Berg-en-Terblijt, Netherlands, Maastricht, Netherlands, city of Maastricht, Netherlands, diocese of Mechelen-aan-de-Maas, Belgium, Rotem, Belgium, Sint-Huibrechts-Lille, Belgium.

Also known as Monulph, Monulphe, Monulfo, Monulf, Monulfus

Additional Memorial 15 May as one of the bishops of Maastricht

Bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht, Netherlands in the late 6th and early 7th centuries.