Ebrulf

Ebrulf (Evroul, Evroult, Ebrulfus, Ebrulphus) (517–596) was a Frankish hermit, abbot, and saint.

Life Ebrulf was of noble birth, born at Bayeux. He was a courtier at the Merovingian court of Childebert I, serving as a cup-bearer to the king and an administrator of the royal palace. He lived a devout life and wished to become a monk. It was some time before he was given leave to go from court, and both he and his wife took monastic vows.

Ebrulf entered the abbey of Deux Jumeaux before deciding to become a hermit at Exmes, but there, crowds came to visit and ask for his advice, ) Members of the nobility came to Ebrulf offering him money, land, houses to build monasteries. Ebrulf is mentioned in Beroul's Tristan, when Tristan invokes him at the fountain: " Ha ! Dex, beau sire saint Evrol, Je ne pensai faire tel perte." Cardiff Central Library holds a manuscript that contains a "Life" of Ebrulf, possibly compiled for the nuns of Barking Abbey.