Romanus of Samosata was a martyr

Martyr

A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

 for Christianity in Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

 in 297. He and his companions, Jacob, Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julianus, and Paregorius were all subject to a variety of tortures before being hanged to trees and then nailed against them. They are mentioned in the Menaea Graeca

Menaea Graeca

Menaea Graeca is the title of a 12-volume set of books published in Venice in 1880. It includes biographies of the following Christian saints:*Saint Abercius*Abercius *Romanus of Samosata-References:...

and the Menologium der Orthodox-Katholischen Kirche des Morgenlandes

Menologium der Orthodox-Katholischen Kirche des Morgenlandes

Menologium der Orthodox-Katholischen Kirche des Morgenlandes is a volume of hagiography by Probst Mayhew, published in Berlin in 1900. It is the sole primary collected source of several lives of saints. The individuals included in the book include:...

. Their feast day is January 29.

Romanus is one of the 140 Colonnade saints which adorn St. Peter's Square.