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Rodulf was a Germanic chieftain or petty king of the Migration Period, who briefly appears in Roman sources. Although it is not conclusive that the sets of accounts actually refers to the same king, he is always principally notable for his connection to the Ostrogothic king and ruler of Italy, Theodoric the Great.
Rodulf, a Scandinavian- Gaut generally held to be described as king of one or more tribes in Scandza (in modern-day Norway), is mentioned in the Getica of Jordanes to have spurned and left his former kingdom to seek the sanctuary of Theodoric the Great in Ravenna, probably around 500. In other sources, a king of the Heruli tribe appears as an adopted "son in arms" of Theodoric. The Heruli king, in this context called Rodulf, died in battle against the Lombards around 508 after he had become an ally to Theodoric. Due to the similarity of the circumstances, it has been suggested that the various accounts describes the same individual, although this remains a disputed issue among historians.
Another debated issue is whether Rodulf could be the background for certain aspects of later heroic poetry, possibly including the Norse saga character Hrólfr Kraki.
Rodulf was a Roman Catholic bishop and Norman kinsman of Edward the Confessor. After working as a missionary for Olaf II of Norway in Norway and maybe Iceland, he was appointed by Edward as an Abbot of Abingdon in 1051, but died in 1052 (Kelly 2000).
Rodulf (; died 21 June 866) was the archbishop of Bourges from 840 until his death. He is remembered as a skillful diplomat and a proponent of ecclesiastical reform. As a saint, his feast has been celebrated on 21 June.
Rodulf may refer to:
- Rodulf (petty king), 5th-century ruler of the Ranii tribe
- Rodulf (archbishop of Bourges), Frankish prelate and saint who died 866
- Rodulf Haraldsson, Viking leader who died in 873
- Rodulfus Glaber, chronicler who died 1047
- Rodulf (missionary bishop), abbot of Abingdon (1051–52)
- Rodulf of Ivry, Norman nobleman
- Rudolf of St Trond, abbot and composer who died 1138
- Rodulff, a possibly legendary 12th-century Finnish bishop
- Rodulf II de Warenne, Norman nobleman