Upon Rome's declining influence, during 3rd--4th centuries the area became inhabited by Germanic tribes, a few centuries later Christianized assumedly by the Irish or Scottish missionary St. Rumbold, ("Rombout" in Flemish), who would have also built a monastery.
Upon Rome's declining influence, during 3rd--4th centuries some Germanic tribes immigrated to the region, although it stayed a Roman province. A few centuries later Christianized assumedly by the Irish or Scottish missionary St. Rumbold, ("Rombout" in Flemish), who would have also built a monastery.