Ramwod
German abbot
Who they were
Ramwod or Ramwold (c. 900 in Trier (?) - 17 May 1000 in Regensburg) was an abbot of St. Emmeram's Abbey in Regensburg. He is a patron for those suffering optical ailments, since he was blind for two years and then regained his sight. He was beatified; his feast day is 17 June.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- Wolfgang of Regensburg Saint“Maximin's Abbey in Trier, Ramwold was called to Regensburg by Wolfgang of Regensburg in 975.” — Wikipedia
- A Benedictine Martyrology (Alexius Hoffmann OSB, 1922), 17 June — "St. Ramuold, abbot of St. Emmeram in Regensburg, was born in 901 in Franconia and was educated in Trier" — matches Ramwod of Regensburg.
- Wikidata Q2130434 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ramwod (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.