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Saint Emebert was an early Bishop of Cambrai often identified with Bishop Ablebert of Cambrai (early 8th century). He would have been the son of Duke Witger of Lotharingia and Saint Amalberga of Maubeuge. His siblings include four other saints Ermelinde Gudula Pharaildis and the martyred Reineldis beheaded during an invasion by the Huns.According to the Gesta Episcoporum Cameracensis (Acts of the Bishops of Cambrai) he was buried in a place called Ham located in the vicinity of Cambrai.