Saint
Saint Romuald
- Country / origin
- Italy
- Life
- c. 952–1027
- Feast
- 19 June
Awaiting theological review
Who was this?
A nobleman from Ravenna who became a monk after his father killed a relative in a duel. He spent his life founding hermitages and monasteries, joining the solitude of hermits with community life. The best known is Camaldoli, in Tuscany, origin of the Camaldolese monks.
Patron of
- the Camaldolese monks
- hermits
When to ask for intercession
- to learn to pray in silence
- after a family tragedy
- to start over
A short prayer
Saint Romuald, intercede for me, that I may sit in silence before God and let him change my heart.
Written for cento53 as a simple personal prayer of intercession — not a liturgical text.
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