Arnulf of Eynesbury
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Saint Arnulf of Eynesbury was a 9th century hermit
Hermit
A hermit is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament .In the...

 who was venerated at Arnulphsbury or Eynesbury, in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. Arnulf's relics were venerated in Arnulphsbury (Eanulfesbyrig or Eynesbury), Huntingdonshire, before the Danish invasions.

There is some confusion about his identity. He seems to have been forgotten by about 1000 AD, because "On the resting-places of the saints" mentions Saint Neot
Saint Neot
Neot is a saint of the 9th century who lived as a monk in Cornwall. He is mentioned in an interpolated passage in Asser's Life of King Alfred and died around AD 870....

 (feast day, 31 July) but not Arnulf, which would have been expected.

He is described as an English hermit
Hermit
A hermit is a person who lives, to some degree, in seclusion from society.In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Christian who lives the eremitic life out of a religious conviction, namely the Desert Theology of the Old Testament .In the...

 of the area, but he may well be a duplicate of Saint Arnulf of Metz (feast day 18 July), which would explain why he was forgotten.
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