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Romuald (c. 951 – traditionally 19 June c. 1025/27) was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century Renaissance of eremitical asceticism.According to the vita by Peter Damian written about fifteen years after Romuald’s death Romuald was born in Ravenna in northeastern Italy to the aristocratic Onesti family. His father was Sergius degli Onesti and his mother was Traversara Traversari.
