Ramwod

Ramwod or Ramwold (c. 900 in Trier (?) - 17 May 1000 in Regensburg) was an abbot of St. Emmeram's Abbey in Regensburg. He is a patron figure of eye disease sufferers, since he suddenly became blind, remained so for two years, then regained his sight - he has been beatified and his feast day is 17 June.

Portrait of Ramwod on the Codex Aureus of St. Emmeram

Life

Initially a Benedictine at St. Maximin's Abbey in Trier, Ramwold was called to Regensburg by Wolfgang of Regensburg in 975. As the first 'autonomous abbot' of St. Emmeram's Abbey, he led the institution to become a prominent intellectual and religious center of its era, particularly renowned for its advancements in the art of book illumination.

Bibliography

• Ekkart Sauser (1998). "Ramwod". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 14. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1384–1385. ISBN 3-88309-073-5.
• (in German) Heiligenlexikon.de: Ramwod