Rumo von Ramstein (died ca. 1300) was
abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. Th ...
of the
Abbey of Saint Gall
The Abbey of Saint Gall (german: Abtei St. Gallen) is a dissolved abbey (747–1805) in a Catholic religious complex in the city of St. Gallen in Switzerland. The Carolingian-era monastery existed from 719, founded by Saint Othmar on the spo ...
from 1274 until 1281.
The monk Rumo was a member of the noble family of Ramstein. He was camerarius, sacristan and deacon under the leadership of Abbot Berchtold von Falkenstein (1244-1272) and his immediate successor, Heinrich III von Wartenberg (1272-1274) until the death of the latter.
[''Georg von Wildenstein.'' In: ''Helvetia Sacra.'' III/1/2 (1986), p. 1305-6.] He was then elected anti-abbot to Ulrich VII von Güttingen (1272-1277). After Ulrich's death, Rumo was universally accepted. He staged an economic buy-out of the abbey while disputes with abbey subjects in Appenzell and the Klostervogt were exacerbating the state of affairs.
As a result, Rumo abdicated his position in 1281 for a yearly compensation of 100 marks. The document detailing the amount and origin of his pension is dated 15 January 1282. It is the first reference in a document of
cheese from the region of Appenzell, as the abbot was to be given 60 cheese loaves a year from the village of
Gais
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Gais () is a village and a municipality in the canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden ...
, each roughly worth eight
denarii
The denarius (, dēnāriī ) was the standard Roman silver coin from its introduction in the Second Punic War to the reign of Gordian III (AD 238–244), when it was gradually replaced by the antoninianus. It continued to be minted in very sm ...
.
[Vogler, Werner: ''15. Januar 1282 – erste urkundliche Erwähnung von Appenzeller Käse''. in: ''Schweizer Volkskunde''. 71. Base 1981, pp. 103-105.] Rumo died between 1297 and 1303.
Reading list
* ''Georg von Wildenstein.'' In: ''Helvetia Sacra.'' III/1/2 (1986), p. 1305-6.
* Harter, Hans: ''Adel und Burgen im oberen Kinziggebiet. Studien zur Besiedlung und hochmittelalterlichen Herrschaftsbildung im mittelalterlichen Schwarzwald.'' In: ''Forschungen zur oberrheinischen Landesgeschichte.'' 37, Freiburg i. Br./München 1992.
* Harter, Hans: ''Adel auf Falkenstein und Schilteck.'' in: ''Schramberg. Herrschaft – Markflecken – Industriestadt.'' Museums- und Geschichtsverein Schramberg u. d. Großen Kreisstadt Schramberg, Schramberg 2004, p. 55–82.
References
External links
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''Abt Rumo von Ramstein (1274–1281)''in the city lexicon of Wil.
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Year of birth unknown
13th-century births
1300 deaths
Year of death uncertain
Abbots of Saint Gall
13th-century Swiss people