Romanus
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Romanus hellenized as Romanos ( meaning "strength") was a Roman cognomen
and can refer to:
The feminine form of Romanus is Romany
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Cognomen
The cognomen nōmen "name") was the third name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary. Hereditary cognomina were used to augment the second name in order to identify a particular branch within...
and can refer to:
- Aquila RomanusAquila RomanusAquila Romanus, a Latin grammarian who flourished in the second half of the 3rd century AD.He was the author of an extant treatise De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis, written as an instalment of a complete rhetorical handbook for the use of a young and eager correspondent...
, Latin grammarian - Romanus (comes), a comes Africae, rebelled against by Firmus (4th century usurper)Firmus (4th century usurper)Firmus was a Roman usurper under Valentinian I.Firmus was the son of the Moorish prince Nubel, a powerful Roman military officer, as well as a wealthy Christian...
Saints
- Romanus of CaesareaRomanus of CaesareaSaint Romanus of Caesarea is venerated as a martyr. In 303 or 304, at the beginning of the Diocletian persecution, a deacon called Romanus of Caesarea in Palestine suffered martyrdom at Antioch...
, Martyr (c. 303), feast day November 18 - Romanus of CondatRomanus of CondatSaint Romanus of Condat is a saint of the fifth century. At the age of thirty five he decided to live as a hermit in the area of Condat. His younger brother Lupicinus followed him there. They became leaders of a community of monks that included Saint Eugendus.Romanus and Lupicinus founded...
, Abbot, Hermit (c. 460), feast day February 28 - Romanus of SubiacoRomanus of SubiacoSaint Romanus of Subiaco was a hermit in the area around Subiaco, Italy.He is remembered as having assisted and influenced Saint Benedict of Nursia, when the latter had just begun his life as a hermit. Romanus provided Benedict with clothing , food, and housing Saint Romanus of Subiaco (died ca....
, Monk, (c. 550), feast day May 22 - Romanus OstiariusRomanus OstiariusSaint Romanus Ostiarius is a legendary saint of the Catholic Church. His legend states that he was a soldier who converted to Christianity by the example of Saint Lawrence, who baptized Romanus after the soldier was imprisoned. He became a church ostiary in Rome and was later martyred.-External...
, feast day August 9 - Romanus the Singer (St. Romanos the Melodist), (c. 556), feast day October 1
- Romanus of BlayeRomanus of BlayeSaint Romanus of Blaye was a priest in the Gironde in France.He was active at the end of the fourth century. Gregory of Tours claimed that St. Martin of Tours buried Romanus. An old life of St. Romanus was published in the Analecta Bollandiana. His feast is 24 November....
, feast day November 24 - Romanus of RouenRomanus of RouenSaint Romain or Romanus of Rouen was a bishop of Rouen. He would have lived under Dagobert I , though his date of birth is unknown. His life is known in legend and tradition and is shown in the stained glass windows and south gate of Rouen Cathedral and the stained glass windows of the église...
, Bishop, (c. 640), feast day October 23
Other
In the post-Roman period it can refer to:- Pope John XIXPope John XIXPope John XIX , born Romanus, was Pope from 1024 to 1032.He succeeded his brother, Pope Benedict VIII , both being members of the powerful house of Tusculum...
, whose given name was Romanus - Pope RomanusPope RomanusPope Romanus was Pope from August to November 897.He was born in Gallese, Italy near Civita Castellana.He was elected to succeed the murdered Pope Stephen VI and was deposed a few months later by one of the factions, which then governed Rome. His short rule was regarded as a virtuous one by the...
- Romanus (bishop)Romanus (bishop)Romanus was the second bishop of Rochester and presumably was a member of the Gregorian mission sent to Kent to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism. Romanus was consecrated bishop around 624 and died before 627 by drowning...
, second Bishop of Rochester - Romanus (exarch)Romanus (exarch)Romanus was Exarch of Ravenna .In 589 he became Exarch in place of the discredited Smaragdus. In his first year Romanus recovered the cities of Modena, Reggio, Parma, Piacenza, Altinum, and Mantua from the Lombards....
, Exarch of Ravenna - Romanus I, Byzantine emperor
- Romanus II, Byzantine emperor
- Romanus III, Byzantine emperor
- Romanus IV, Byzantine emperor
- Giles of RomeGiles of RomeGiles of Rome , was an archbishop of Bourges who was famed for his logician commentary on the Organon by Aristotle. Giles was styled Doctor Fundatissimus by Pope Benedict XIV...
, Aegidius Romanus, medieval philosopher - The hypothetical Pope Peter IIPope Peter IIPope Peter II is a hypothetical Papal name and, in recent times, a common name for sedevacantist group leaders styling themselves as popes.-The name and its connotations:...
, referred to as "Petrus Romanus" in the Prophecy of the Popes
The feminine form of Romanus is Romany
Romany
Romany relates or may refer to:*The Romani people, also known as Gypsies*Romani language or Romany language, the language of the Romani people*"Romany", the pseudonym of a broadcaster and writer of Romani descent, George Bramwell Evens...
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