 He was bestowed the bishopric of Metz in 614, entrusting him with the management the Austrasian capital and the education of his young son and future Dagobert I.This is a position he would hold until his retirement in 629 after Chlotar's death, when he left for a small ecclesiastical community near Habendum; he was later buried at the monastery of Remiremont after his death c. 645.Pippin was not immediately rewarded, but eventually was given the position of "maior palatti" or 'mayor of the palace' of Austrasia in 624.