Feast day: June 19
St. Romuald
Italian nobleman who entered a monastery in penance for his family's violence and founded the Camaldolese hermit order.
His rule for hermits begins: 'Sit in your cell as in paradise. Put the whole world behind you and forget it.'
“Sit in your cell as in paradise. Put the whole world behind you and forget it.”
— St. Romuald
Image: Fra Angelico (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.
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