Saint Romedio of Nonsberg

Also known as

• Romedio of Hohenwart
• Romedio of Salzburg
• Romedio of Sanzeno
• Romedio of Thaur
• Romedius of….

Memorial

• 15 January
• 1st Sunday in October (translation of relics)

Profile

Born to the nobility, the family of the Counts of Thaur in modern Austria. He learned to read using the Bible and stories of the saints. As an adult, he gave away his fortune to support churches in the Tyrol, turned a family castle into a monastery, and then went on pilgrimage to the tombs of the Apostles; legend says that a bear killed his horse, and in remorse, the bear carried him for the rest of the trip. Cave hermit at Sanzeno on Nonsberg near Salzburg.

Born

• Austria

Died

• Salzburg, Austria of natural causes
• relics interred in Sanzeno, Italy
• some relics transferred to Thaur, Austria

Canonized

• 24 July 1907 by Pope Pius X (cultus confirmation)

Patronage

• against accidents
• against bone diseases
• against danger at sea
• against fever
• against fire
• against floods
• against hail
• against headaches
• against toothaches
• prisoners
• theology students
• travellers

Representation

• hermit dressed as a pilgrim
• man riding a bear

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Saint Romedio of Nonsberg“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 January 2013. Web. 21 May 2013. <>