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:''Not to be confused with Saint Rumwold (of Buckingham).'' Saint Rumbold (or ''Rumold'', ''Romuold'', (ラテン語:Rumoldus), (オランダ語:Rombout), (フランス語:Rombaut)) was an Irish or Scottish Christian missionary, although his true nationality is not known for certain.〔 name=tradition>〕〔 name=2004date1>〕〔 name=2004date2>〕 He was martyred near Mechelen by two men, whom he had denounced for their evil ways.〔 name=CathOL>〕 Saint Rumbold's feast day is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church, and Western Rite Orthodox Churches, on June 24;〔〔 name=OrthEU>〕 and it is celebrated in Ireland on 3 July.〔 name=DvdA-Romb>〕〔 name=spdc>〕 He is the patron saint of Mechelen,〔 where St. Rumbold's Cathedral possesses an elaborate golden shrine on its high altar, containing relics attributed to the saint. It is rumoured that his remains are buried inside the cathedral. Twenty-five paintings in the choir illustrate his life. ==Life and legend== Rumbold is assumed to have been consecrated a regionary Bishop at Rome. Aodh Buidhe Mac an Bhaird (c. 1590–1635) argued that Rumbold had been born in Ireland. He is also said to have been a Bishop of Dublin, the son of a Scottish king,〔 and the brother of St. Himelin.〔(Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of March 10 )〕 He is assumed to have worked under St. Willibrord in the Netherlands and Brabant, and also to have been a close companion of the hermit St. Gummarus,〔〔 and of the preacher monk Fredegand van Deurne, who, according to one tradition, maintained contact with St. Foillan (who was murdered in the Sonian Forest around 665).〔 name=DvdA-Fred>〕 St. Rumbold's biography, written around 1100 AD by Theodoricus, prior of Sint-Truiden Abbey, caused 775 to be the traditional year of the saint's death. The surrounding areas of Mechelen however, had been Christianized much earlier.〔 In 2004 a state-of-the-art examination of the relics assumed to be St. Rumbold's showed a death date between 580 and 655.〔〔 This would make Saint Rumbold an Hiberno-Scottish rather than an Anglo-Saxon missionary, and not a contemporary of either St. Willibrord, St. Himelin, or St. Gummarus.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rumbold of Mechelen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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