Ramwod

Image:Adalpertus 001.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Ramwod on the Codex Aureus of [St. Emmeram]
Ramwod or Ramwold 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.

Life

Initially a Benedictine at St. Maximin's [Abbey, Trier|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.