Bladulf

Bladulf{{efn|also Bladulph, Blidulf, Blidulph, Bladulphus, Baldulphus, or Blidulphus.}} (died c. 630), was a monk and priest of Bobbio Abbey, killed on the orders of the Lombard king Arioald, because Bladulf would not salute him, as being an Arian.{{cite book|author=Jonas of Bobbio|title=Life of Columbanus}}, II, 24 (trad. {{cite book|author1=Alexander O'Hara|author2=Ian Wood|title=Jonas of Bobbio, Life of Columbanus, Life of John of Réomé and Life of Vedast|location=Liverpool|year=2017}}) It is said that Abbot Attala restored Bladulf to life and delivered Arioald from a diabolical possession, the punishment of his crime; and that this two-fold miracle led to Arioald's conversion.{{cite web|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02605b.htm|website=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA|title=Abbey and Diocese of Bobbio|author=Reginald Walsh}}

He is a Catholic and Orthodox{{cite web|url=http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/s7centy.htm|title=Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome}} saint, with his feast day on January 2.[https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/blidbobb Odden, Per Einar. "Den hellige Blidulf av Bobbio (d. ~630)", Den katolske kirke, February 18, 2009]

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