

reicher, Une chronique chr étienne du IVme si ècle saint Romain d'Afrique et de Blaye (Blaye 1946). Romain, martyr d'Antioche (Brussels 1932). quentin, Les Martyrologes historiques du moyen âge (Paris 1908). chaussin, Vies des saints et des bienheureux selon l'ordre du calendrier avec l'historique des f êtes, ed. 24.īibliography: Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis, 2 v. Romanus (Boris) of Moscow's feast day: July 24.īishop Romanus of Nepi's feast day: Aug. 6.īishop Romanus of Rouen's feast day: Oct. 28.īishop Romanus of Auxerre's feast day: Oct. 28.īishop Romanus of Reims's feast day: Feb. Romanus (founder of the abbey of Condat in the Jura) feast day: Feb.

Many of these saints are honored with special feasts in particular localities. The existence of a Romanus, disciple of a certain Ptolemy, and bishop of Nepi, is recorded by a questionable vita. Some of them seem to have been the victims of duplication as in the case of the Roman priest of Mans, who is very similar to the one at Blaye. The lives of these saints were embellished by numerous legends. This Romanus, called Boris in Russian, is the patron of Moscow. Transcending his death and the limitations of body he was reincarnated as a being of light, given wings and spiritual sight. After getting caught by the tyrant he was sentenced to death by burning and his eyes were plucked out. Romanus (Boris) and David (Gleb) for Russian Catholics. As a man, he was always in a battle against injustice, helping people in need, made many enemies in the ruling elites. Pope benedict xiii approved the celebration of the feast of the martyrs (d. Also recorded as saints were Bishop Romanus of Reims (d. The Roman martyrology lists Romanus of Subiaco (d. with that of janitor or doorkeeper (ostiarius) mentioned in Chapters X and XVI, below. The founder of the abbey of Condat in the Jura was also a Romanus, who lived first as a solitary under the direction of the abbot of Ainay (Lyon) before gaining the esteem of his contemporaries by his goodness (d. Romanus the Hermit, a native of Cilicia, is mentioned by theodo ret of cyr because of his modesty and his charity cures attributed to his prayers caused him to be named Thaumaturgus, or miracle –worker. gregory of tours speaks of Romanus of Le Mans as a priest of Blaye in the Gironde (Gaul) and as a saint (d. eusebi us of caesarea mentions a deacon Romanus of Caesarea who was martyred at Antioch with a young boy named Barulas under Diocletian ( Historia ecclesiastica 8.2) a sermon of john chrysostom at Antioch mentions this same Romanus as a martyr c. lawrence speak of a Romanus Ostiarius as a martyr at Rome on the Via Tiburtina (d. The name of numerous saints in the ecclesiastical calendar, particularly in antiquity and the Middle Ages.
