Saint Romuald

<p>Born into a family of the dukes of Ravenna about the year 950, Romuald founded the Camaldolese Benedictines around 1012. The new congregation combined monastic community life with the solitary life of hermits. Romuald practised great austerity as a monk and travelled about Italy founding hermitages and monasteries, giving wise counsel to those who sought him out. He died on this day in 1027.©2011 <em>Living with Christ, </em>Novalis - Bayard Press Canada Inc., <strong>http://www.livingwithchrist.ca/</strong&gt;. Reprinted with permission.</p>