Saint Bertulph
Also known as
- Bertulf
- Bertulphe
- Bertoul
- Bertou
- Bertulphus
Profile
Convert as a young man in Flanders, Belgium. Managed a farm in Renty, France for Count Wambert for several years. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy. Parish priest in Renty. Founded and led a monastery nearby until his death.
Born
- c.705 of natural causes
- relics enshrined at Harelbeke, Belgium
- relics interred in an iron chest at Saint Peter’s Abbey, Ghent, Belgium
- relics stolen in 939 but located and returned by Count Arnulf of Flanders and Bishop Wigbert of Thérouanne
- relics destroyed by Huguenots in 1578
- monk handing out alms with an eagle nearby
- monk in prayer being sheltered from the rain by an eagle with its wings outstretched over him
- monk with a ship in his hand
- monk changing water into wine
Additional Information
- Abbé Stéphane Ansart
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Heiligen 3s
- Katherine Rabenstein
- Den katolske kirke
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Wikipedia
MLA Citation
- “Saint Bertulph“. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 September 2012. Web. 15 September 2019. <>