Romedius

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St. Romedius, depiction on an altar from the circle of Jörg Lederer , 16th century

The Holy Romedius even Remedius, Remegius (4th, 7-8. Or 11th century) was a hermit on the Nonsberg in Trentino . He is also called "the saint with the bear" and is the local saint in the Tyrolean region . As his Hll. Companions are considered to be Abraham and David .

Vita

He is said to have given away all of his belongings, of aristocratic origin, to make a pilgrimage to Rome , and then became a hermit in Tavon on the Nonsberg .

Abraham and David, who had already accompanied him to Rome and were his companions in the hermitage, are named as servants, but also as brothers.

To the historical person

Since the legends tell that he had contact with the Holy Bishop Vigilius of Trient († probably 405), he should be dated to the 4th century. Other sources place it in the 7th or 8th century, and name its origin from the Counts of Tavon . In the 19th century it was also declared completely unhistorical, or as a mix-up with St. Remigius . Historical research today tends to see it as belonging to the Andechser family, i.e. to classify it in the 11th century, and assumes its origin from Thaur Castle near Innsbruck. The figure was also discussed as a forgery of the 13th century, in connection with rights on the Haller Salzberg , which would be justified by the donation by the saint: It is said that he gave his inheritance to the cathedral churches of Trento and Augsburg , from Trento The salt law would have passed to the Counts of Tyrol via Brixen .

Saints legends

San Romedio Monastery

On his return from Rome it is reported that he visited his friend, Bishop Vigilius in Trento, and asked him for a place for a hermitage . There Romedius and comrades began to build a hermitage. But every night the wooden shingles were carried by the forest birds to the top of a rock. From this Romedius concluded that God assigned this position to him, and built his hermitage there.

The most famous legends about the saint say that one day when he was old he wanted to visit the Bishop of Trento. On departure (or on the way to rest) he sent his companions to saddle the horse. But he came back and reported that a bear was tearing the animal to pieces. St. Romedius then gave him the order to put the bear on the bridle. Surprisingly, the wild beast submitted and Romedius rode the bear to Trento. (The same legend can also be found on St.  Lukan von Säben )

Miraculous healings are also narrated , for example a girl who is obsessed or a man who has a fever.

The following story goes about his death: When St. Romedius said goodbye to Vigilius after the visit, he explained to him that they would not see each other again until they died. When asked how Vigilius should know that he had died, Romedius told him that a little bell would ring in his chapel. When Romedius felt his day soon afterwards, he asked to be buried in the little church that they had built near the hermitage. It was not yet consecrated, but Romedius told his companions in advance that it would be consecrated soon. So he lay down to die, and in the chapel at Trento the little bell rang out of its own accord. Then Vigilius set out for Tavon to dedicate the burial place. But it was not necessary, for the holy angels had descended and consecrated the church.

Commemoration

Cappella Maggiore in San Romedio

The veneration of the grave in Tavon - which in the structural arrangement may also go back to the 10th century - has been documented since the 12th century, as has the celebration of his memorial days in the diocese of Trento . Since 1795, the diocese of Bressanone , to which North Tyrol also belonged, has allowed mass and office (license renewed July 24, 1907 by Pius X. , as culto immemorabile 'from old age')

Remembrance days and protection

He is the patron in distress and captivity ; against fire , hail , flood , fever , toothache , leg problems . He did not become known as the patron saint of animals.

Relics and Patrons

Campanile di San Romedio at the old bishop's palace in Trento

further admiration:

iconography

His sacred attributes are hermit or pilgrim clothing with a pilgrim's staff in hand, riding a bear, the bear lying at his feet or carried on a halter.

Surname

The first name Romed , which occurs today in Tyrolean, comes from the saint . It could come from Old High German and then mean 'famous owner', or a Latin name of origin for a place Rom… / Rem… .

literature

  • Benedetto Bonelli, Bernardin Gius (ed.): Life and work of the holy hermits on the Nonsberg: Romedius, Abraham and David. Verlag Gius, Bozen 1890 ( Webrepro , online in the digital library of the state library "Dr. Friedrich Teßmann" ).
  • Giuseppe Gerola : La leggenda di S. Romedio anacoreta trentino. In: Atti del R. Istituto Veneto di scienze - lettere ed arti. 1925/26, p. 427 f.
  • Paul Haider: Romedius booklet: St. Romedius and his village Thaur. Steiger Verlag, Innsbruck 1985, ISBN 978-3-85423-053-3 .
  • Wolfgang Pfaundler : Sankt Romedius - a saint from Tyrol. Herold publishing house, Vienna u. a. 1961 ( Collection Heilige aus Österreich series ); also: St. Romedius and St. Notburga: two saints from Tyrol. Dissertation, 1978 ( entry bibliothek.univie.ac.at ).
  • Hans Voltelini : St. Eomedius and the salt works of Thaur. In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. 8, 1928, pp. 235–246 (on the dispute over the identity of the person; PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Marino de Zambiasi: L'enimma di San Romedio. Series Studi Trentini a VII 1926, Classe I, fasc. II.

Web links

Commons : Saint Romedius  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Name days: Romedius Remedius  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Archdiocese of Salzburg, kirchen.net @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.kirchen.net  
  2. ↑ a b c d e Romedius von Tavon, also: Remedius , from Lexicon for Theology and Church , welcomed by Michael Buchberger, ed. by Walter Kasper, 3rd ed. Vol. 8., Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1999, quoted in heiligenlexikon.de
  3. ↑ discussed in detail in Ref. Voltelini 1928
  4. ↑ a b c Entry on Romedius, Heiliger in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
  5. ↑ a b Heiliger Romedius von Thaur , Thomas Mollen, January 2006, on kirchensite.de
  6. ↑ a b St. Romedius ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , tyrol + mission  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tirolmission.at
  7. ↑ a b c d From the holy hermitage Romedius . In: Helene Raff: Tiroler Legenden , 1924, p. 71 ff (online at SAGEN.at)
  8. ↑ The bear of St. Romedius . In: Legends, fairy tales and customs from Tyrol . Collected and edited by Ignaz Vinzenz Zingerle, Innsbruck 1891, No. 283, p. 172 (online at SAGEN.at)
  9. ↑ a b San Romedio , in Santi, beati e testimoni - Enciclopedia dei Santi , SantieBeati.it
  10. ↑ kirchensite.de; Representation of the bear see also images in heiligenlexikon.de (statue in the parish church of Thaur) and haben.at (votive image Ex Voto 1851 in the Romedikirchlein, Thaur)
  11. ↑ cf. also: Votive picture with St. Romedius In: Heiltum und Pilfahrt. Catalog of the Tyrolean state exhibition in the Premonstratensian Abbey of Wilten and in the Benedictine Abbey of St. Georgenberg-Fiecht from June 11 to October 9, 1988. Edited by Gert Ammann. - Innsbruck: Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum 1988. 280. 8 °. Object no .: 6.16, p. 257 ( uni-klu.ac.at )
  12. ↑ for example in the Thaur Public Library
personal data
SURNAME Romedius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saint Romedius; Romedius of Tavon; Remedius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hermit on the Nonsberg
DATE OF BIRTH between 4th century and 12th century
DATE OF DEATH between 4th century and 12th century