Romanus of Caesarea
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name= Saint Romanus of Caesarea
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death_date=c. 303AD
feast_day=November 18
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church 
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caption= "Saints Romanus and Barulas", byFrancisco de Zurbarán
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issues=Saint Romanus of Caesarea (also known as Romanus of Antioch) is venerated as a
martyr . In 303 or 304, at the beginning of theDiocletian persecution, adeacon called Romanus of Caesarea inPalestine sufferedmartyrdom atAntioch . He was taken prisoner, was condemned to death by fire, and was bound to thestake ; however, as the Emperor Galerius was then in Antioch, Romanus was brought before him. At the emperor's command Romanus'tongue was cut out. Tortured in various ways in prison he was finally strangled.Eusebius speaks of his martyrdom in "De martyribus Palestin." (c. ii.Prudentius , "Peristephanon", X in "P.L.", LX, 444 sqq.) relates other details and gives Romanus a companion in martyrdom, a Christian by name Barulas. On this account several historians, among themBaronius , consider that there were two martyrs named Romanus at Antioch, though more likely there was but the one whom Eusebius mentions. Prudentius has introduced legendary features into his account, and his connection of the martyrdom of Barulas with that of Romanus is probably arbitrary.The
feast day of St. Romanus is observed on18 November ["cf.Paul Allard , "Histoire des persécutions", IV, 173 sq.; Quentin, "Les martyrologes historiques" (Paris, 1908), 183-5"] . Barulas, like St. Quiricus, is venerated as a child-martyr. The church of San Román inSeville is dedicated to Romanus.ources
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13163a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: "Sts. Romanus"]
* [http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/los/November/18-02.htm Martyr Romanus the Deacon of Caesarea and child-martyr Barulas of Antioch (303)]
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