Arbogast

Arbogast is an ancient name with its origins in the tribe of the Salian Franks, first attested with Arbogastes, a 4th-century Frankish general in the late Roman army.

Notable Arbogasts include one of the four authors of the Salic Law, and a count in the Court of Trier. St. Arbogast came from Ireland to Alsace and took the name of Arbogast there. The name may be read in an Elder Futhark inscription, on the lid of the Schretzheim bulla, dated c. AD 600, which has the runic inscription arogisd.

People called Arbogast

• Arbogast (general), a Frankish general in the 4th-century Roman Empire
• Arbogast (Count of Trier), a 5th-century Frankish-Roman comes
• Saint Arbogast, a 7th-century Irish saint

as a surname

• Louis François Antoine Arbogast, a French mathematician
• Luc Arbogast, French singer and musician of medieval traditional music
• Wilson Arbogast, co-founder of Arbogast & Bastian, a Pennsylvania slaughterhouse and meat packing plant

fictional characters

• Detective Arbogast, a minor character in the film Psycho
• Dr Larry Arbogast, Danny DeVito's character in the film Junior
• Chief of Department Dino Arbogast, John Ventimiglia's character in the television series "Blue Bloods"

References

• The Laws of the Salian Franks by Katherine Fischer Drew
• The Last Pagans of Rome by Alan Cameron