ROMEDIO (REMEDIO), saint. — Eponym of a celebrated sanctuary in the Val di Non, whose cult, confirmed on 24 July 1907 by Pio X, has no certain traces earlier than the eleventh century. On 7 March 1795 Mass and Office of St. R. had already been granted for the diocese of Bressanone.
The legend that makes him a fifth-century hermit, formerly a wealthy lord of Tyrolean origin, was written by Fra' Bartolomeo da Trento (1244–51) and does not appear to be based on ancient documents (BHL, 7142–45). As for the name R., it seems to be no more than a corruption of the name Remigio; indeed, the feast dates of St. R. as well (15 Jan., dies natalis, and 1 Oct., translation) are those proper to St. Remigio of Reims. In any event, the figure of St. R. remains, despite the long series of often overly polemical writings, an enigma.