Reinold

Reinold was a Benedictine monk, living sometime during the tenth century. Supposedly a direct descendant of Charlemange, and the fourth son mentioned in the romatic poem Aymon, by William Caxton.^[1] He began his religious life by entering the Benedictine monastery of Pantaleon, Cologne, Germany, where he was appointed head of a building project occurring in the abbey. He often joined the stonemasons in their work, at times surpassing them. This led to the unsavoury event of his murder at the hands of the same stonemasons he worked with. Reinold was beaten to death with hammers and his body deposisted into a pool near the Rhine. His body was later found through divine means, leading to the attribution of Reinold as the Patron of Stonemasons.