Romanus of Blaye
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Saint 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.
Romanus
Romanus , hellenized as Romanos was a Roman cognomen and can refer to:*Aquila Romanus, Latin grammarian*Romanus , a comes Africae, rebelled against by Firmus -Saints:...
of Blaye
Blaye
Blaye is a commune and subprefecture in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:Its inhabitants are called Blayais or the Blayaises.-Geography:...
was a priest in the Gironde
Gironde
For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:...
in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
He was active at the end of the fourth century. Gregory of Tours
Gregory of Tours
Saint Gregory of Tours was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours, which made him a leading prelate of Gaul. He was born Georgius Florentius, later adding the name Gregorius in honour of his maternal great-grandfather...
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.