St. Romaric of Remiremont

Romaric held an honoured position at the court of Clotaire II. He left that life, sold much of his property for the poor and devoted what remained to the foundation of religious communities. Butler associates those foundations with Remiremont in the Vosges.

He received the monastic habit at Luxeuil and obtained St. Amatus as the first abbot of the new house. Romaric himself lived under Amatus’s direction there for several years. His role as founder did not place him above the discipline of a monk learning obedience.

After Amatus’s death he was required to undertake the abbacy. Butler describes charity, gentleness and humility as the marks of his government, joined to austerity in his own life. The long years of that service ended in 653. His memory continued in the Gallican and Roman martyrologies.