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.

On the lid of the Schretzheim bulla, dated c. AD 600, there is a runic inscription read as arogisd, which has been interpreted as a reference to the name.

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^{[page needed]}
The Last Pagans of Rome by Alan Cameron^{[page needed]}