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Saint Romanus Ostiarius

detail from a painting depicting the Conversion of Saint Romanus Ostiarius Also known as

Romanus of Lucca
Romanus of Rome

9 August

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Soldier. Converted to Christianity by the example of Saint Lawrence of Rome, by whom he was baptized. Church ostiarius in Rome, Italy. Martyr. Figured in early fiction about the martyrs.

c.258 in Rome, Italy
relics in the churches of San Lorenzo and Santa Catarina dei Funari in Rome

Pre-Congregation

Lucca, Italy

Additional Information

Catholic Encyclopedia
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Lives of the Saints, by Father Francis Xavier Weninger
New Catholic Dictionary
Pictorial Lives of the Saints
Short Lives of the Saints, by Eleanor Cecilia Donnelly

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
- Saints and Their Attributes, by Helen Roeder

other sites in english

images
- Santi e Beati

sitios en español
- Hagiopedia
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati
- Santo del Giorno

MLA Citation

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