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a French prelate, said to have been the natural son of Charlemagne, became in 820 abbot of, Luxeuil, where, under his direction, science and art flourished. In 829 he was made bishop of Metz. He was drowned in a river while fishing, in 855 or 857. See Hoefer. Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.