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{{Infobox saint|name=Saint Moadred|titles=[[Diocese of Trier|Archbishop of Trier]]|feast_day=12 May|patronage=[[Reichsabtei]]<br> [[Helmarshausen]]|major_works=Saint-Symphorien, on the [[Moselle]]}}
'''Saint Modoald''', also known as '''Romoald''', was the [[Franks|Frankish]] [[archbishop of Trier]] from 626 to 645. He is the [[patron saint]] of the [[Reichsabtei]] [[Helmarshausen]] and his liturgical feast is on 12 May.

Modoald was born in [[Aquitaine]],<ref name=Arduino>[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92772 Arduino, Fabio. "San Modoaldo", ''Santi e Beati'', May 3, 2006]</ref> the son of [[Arnulf of Metz|Arnulf]], later [[Bishop of Metz]].<ref name=aoca>[http://www.antiochian.org/node/19097 "St. Severa of Villeneuve, France", Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese]</ref>

He had been at the Court of the Merovingian King [[Dagobert I]],<ref>[http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-modoald/ Monks of Ramsgate. "Modoald". ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 January 2016]</ref> when the King had him made Archbishop of Trier.<ref name=Arduino/> [[Germanus of Granfelden]] was from a wealthy senatorial family of [[Trier]]. His father entrusted him at a young age to Bishop Modoald, for his education.<ref name=Boillon>[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/42310 Boillon, Claude. "Saints Germano and Randoaldo", Santi e Beati, February 19, 2018]</ref>

Modoald established the community of Saint-Symphorien, on the [[Moselle]]; and placed it under the supervision of his sister Saint Severa.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=w8FMjgPTWBUC&dq=saint+modoald+trier&pg=PA277 Schulenburg, Jane Tibbetts. ''Forgetful of Their Sex: Female Sanctity and Society, ca. 500–1100'', University of Chicago Press, 1998]</ref>

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