# Romualdus — The Divine Comedy character guide

> Romualdus in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** St. Romualdus

**First appearance:** 0093-canto-xxii

## Who they are

Hermit and founder of Camaldolese order, appears in the Heaven of Saturn.

## In the story

### [Canto XXII: St. Benedict's Lament and the Eighth Heaven](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_divine_comedy_se/chapters/canto-xxii)

Identified by St. Benedict as one of the contemplative souls present in the Eighth Heaven.

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