Jun. 19 Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time; Opt. Mem. of St. Romuald, Abbot, Opt. Mem.

The Church celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Romuald (951-1027) who was born in Ravenna of a noble family. He was the founder of the Camaldolese monks–one of the Italian branches of the Benedictines–in which the eremitical life is combined with life in community. He died in 1027, after a life of prayer and rigorous penance.

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