Saint Romuald

Saint Romuald (c. 951–June 19, 1027) was the founder of the Camaldolese order. Saint Romuald St. ... Events Allat the Maharana of Mewar come to powers. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... Events March 26 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II Holy Roman Emperor. ... Camaldolese Priory on Bielany in Kraków The Camaldolese are part of the Benedictine family of monastic orders founded by St. ...

He was born in Ravenna, Italy, to the aristocratic Onesti family. As a youth, Romuald supposedly indulged in the "pleasures" and sins of the world common to a 10th century nobleman. After watching his father, Sergius, kill an opponent in a duel, however, the 20-years old Romuald was devastated, and fled to the Abbey of Sant'Apollinare in Classe in Venice. After some indecision, Romuald became a monk there. Led by a desire for a stricter way of life than he found in that community, three year later he withdrew to become a hermit on a remote island in the region, accompanied solely by an older monk, Marinus. Ravenna is a city and commune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. ... The Basilica of SantApollinare in Classe. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia) is the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... Onuphrius lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the late 4th century A hermit (from the Greek erēmos, signifying desert, uninhabited, hence desert-dweller) is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society. ...

Apparently having gained a reputation for holiness, the Doge Pietro Orseolo of Venice accepted his advice to become a monk, abdicating his office, and fleeing in the night to Catalonia to take the monastic habit. Romuald and his companion, Marinus, accompanied him there, establishing a hermitage near the Abbey of Sant Miguel de Cuxa which Orseolo entered. Grand Procession of the Doge, 16th century For some thousand years, the chief magistrate and leader of the Most Serene Republic of Venice was styled the Doge, a rare but not unique Italian title derived from the Latin Dux, as the major Italian parallel Duce and the English Duke. ... Anthem: Els Segadors Capital Barcelona Official language(s) Catalan, Spanish and, in Aran Valley, Aranese Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 6th  32,114 km²  6. ... Monasticism (from Greek: monachos—a solitary person) is the religious practice of renouncing all worldly pursuits in order to fully devote ones life to spiritual work. ... Onuphrius lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the late 4th century A hermit (from the Greek erÄ“mos, signifying desert, uninhabited, hence desert-dweller) is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society. ... Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (Catalan: Sant Miquel de Cuixà) is a Benedictine abbey located on the territory of the commune of Codalet, in the Pyrénées-Orientales département, in southwestern France. ...

In his youth Romuald get acquainted with the three major school of western monastic tradition. Sant' Apollinare in Classe was a traditional Benedictine monastery under the influence of the Cluniac reforms. Marinus followed a much harsher, asketic hermit lifestyle that was originially of Irish eremitic origins. The abbot of Sant Miguel de Cuxa, Guarinus also began reforms but mainly building upon the Hispanian Christian tradition. Romuald was able to integrate these different traditions and establish his own monastic order. St Benedict of Nursia (c. ... Cluniac Reform was the time of the purification and scourging of the Roman Catholic Church during the 11th century. ...

A friend of the Emperor Otto III, Romuald was persuaded by him to take the office of abbot of an ancient monastery to help bring about a more dedicated way of life there. The monks, however, resisted his reforms, eventually causing Romuald to resign his office, hurling his abbot's staff at Otto's feet in total frustation. He then again withdrew to the hermit life. He was drawn, though, throughout his life to help in the establishment of monasteries and hermitages throughout Italy. The most prominent of these are the hermitages of Fonte Avellana (around 1012) and Camaldoli (around 1023), both located in Tuscany. Romauld founded several other monasteries, including the monastery of Val di Castro, where he died in 1027. An emperor is a (male) monarch, usually the sovereign ruler of an empire or another type of imperial realm. ... Abbots coat of arms The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. ... Monastery of St. ... Onuphrius lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the late 4th century A hermit (from the Greek erēmos, signifying desert, uninhabited, hence desert-dweller) is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society. ... Tuscany (Italian: ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ...

Romuald's feast day was fixed as February 7th, the day of the translation of his relics by Pope Clement VII in 1595. In the liturgical reform of 1971, authorized by Pope Paul VI, it was changed to June 19th, the actual date of his death. For the antipope (1378–1394) see antipope Clement VII and other Popes named Clement see Pope Clement. ... From the Greek word λειτουργια, which can be transliterated as leitourgia, meaning the work of the people, a liturgy comprises a prescribed religious ceremony, according to the traditions of a particular religion; it may be refer to, or include, an elaborate... Pope Paul VI (Latin: ), (Italian: Paolo VI), born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini (September 26, 1897 – August 6, 1978), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and as sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978. ...

External links

• Entry for Saint Romuald New Advent.org
• Catholic Online Saints