Saint Romaric was born in the 6th century. He was a Frankish nobleman who lived in Austrasia. His parents were killed by Queen Brunhilda and because of the enmity of his family with this queen he wandered without a home. He was a person of distinction at the court of the Merovingian king
St. Romaric was religiously devoted and became a follower of St. Columbanus in Luxeuil Abbey. He was converted by St Amatus along with whom he founded a dual monastery for men and women with the name of Remiremont. His monastery and convent was built on land belonging to St. Romaric, when he was a count palatine.
Among the early recruits of the monastery was the friend of Romaric, St Arnulfus of Metz, who about 629 came to end his days in a nearby hermitage.
St. Romaric directed several members of his family who embraced the religious life there. He died in 653.