Rosmunda (name)

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Variations
Women: Rosamunda

Variants in other languages

Danish: Rosamond
French: Rosemonde
Germanic: Rosmunda
English: Rosamund, Rosamond
Polish: Rozamundy

Origin and diffusion
It is composed of the German elements hros, "cavallo" (which also composes the name Horst) and mund, "protection", "defense", but some sources identify the second element with mund, "mouth". The name was later influenced by the Latin expression munda, "pure rose" (like process also under the name Rosalinda).

In England it was introduced by the Normans.

Onomaly
Several sources report that the name is celebrated in memory of Saint Rosamunda, mother of Saint Adiutor of Vernon; the date, depending on the sources, is fixed on 14 June, 14 July, 15 July or 30 April (the same as the son).

The woman was indeed considered "holy" by the neighbors, but is not reported on any martyrology: the homomist then falls on 1 November, for the feast of All Saints.

Persons

Rosmunda, Queen of the Lombards and Queen of Italy
Rosmunda Pisaroni, soprano and contralto italiano

Variant Rosamund

Rosamund Clifford, British noble
Rosamund Hanson, British actress
Rosamund Kwan, Chinese actress
Rosamund Pike, British actress

Other variations
Rosamunde Pilcher, British writer

The name in the arts
Rosamunda is a character in the novel by G. K. Chesterton The Adventures of a Live Man.
Rosamond is a character in Jonathan Coe's novel The Rain Before He Falls.
Rosamond Smith was a pseudonym used by writer Joyce Carol Oates.
Rosamunda Tuc is one of the hobbits of the fantasy universe of The Lord of the Rings, created by J. R. R. Tolkien.
Rosamond Vincy is a character in George Eliot Middlemarch's novel.
The story of Queen Rosmunda is inspired by the tragedy of 1783 Rosmunda by Vittorio Alfieri, the opera of 1837 Rosmunda in Ravenna by Giuseppe Lillo and a play by Sem Benelli of 1911.
Rosamunda is the Italian title of a Polish note written in 1927 by the Czechoslovak composer Jaromír Vejvoda.
Rosmunda, Princess of Cyprus is a work by Franz Schubert.

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540 Rosamunde is an asteroid of the main band.

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