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Romedius
Austrian saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 15 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
330
Died
301
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the Val di Non in Trentino, Saint Romedius, anchorite, who, having given his goods to the Church, led a life of penance in the hermitage that still bears his name today.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 15 January as an anchorite who lived in penance in the Val di Non.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q45360 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Romedius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.