Arnulf

[ ahr-noolf ]

/ ˈɑr nʊlf /

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noun

a.d. 850?–899, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 887–899: crowned 896.

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A curious episcopal ring worn by St. Arnulf, bishop of Metz, in the sixth century, exhibits the well-known ichthyic symbol.
The Catacombs of Rome|William Henry Withrow
See throughout this epistle of Arnulf of Lisieux, Bouquet, p. 230.
Life of Thomas Becket|Henry Hart Milman
Arnulf returned to Germany as Emperor, but weak and broken in body and mind.
A History of Germany|Bayard Taylor
Arnulf, after these concessions to the Church, went to Italy in 895.
A History of Germany|Bayard Taylor

He died on the 22nd of September 880 at ttingen, where he was buried, leaving an illegitimate son, afterwards the emperor Arnulf.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3|Various