Romanus

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Romanus (Latin for "Roman"), hellenized as Romanos (Greek: Ῥωμανός) was a Roman cognomen and can refer to:

People

• Aquila Romanus, Latin grammarian
• Romanus (comes), a comes Africae, rebelled against by Firmus (4th-century usurper)
• Pope John XIX, whose given name was Romanus
• Pope Romanus
• Romanus (bishop), second Bishop of Rochester
• Romanus (exarch), Exarch of Ravenna
• Giles of Rome, Aegidius Romanus, medieval philosopher
• The hypothetical Pope Peter II, referred to as "Petrus Romanus" in the Prophecy of the Popes

Saints

• Romanus of Caesarea, Martyr (c. 303), feast day November 18
• Romanus of Condat, Abbot, Hermit (c. 460), feast day February 28
• Romanus of Subiaco, Monk, (c. 550), feast day May 22
• Romanus Ostiarius, feast day August 9
• Romanos the Melodist, (c. 556), feast day October 1
• Romanus of Blaye, feast day November 24
• Romanus of Rouen, Bishop, (c. 640), feast day October 23

Byzantine emperors

• Romanos I Lekapenos, ruled 920–944
• Romanos II, ruled 959–963
• Romanos III Argyros, ruled 1028–1034
• Romanos IV Diogenes, ruled 1068–1071

Places

• Romanos, Aragon, a municipality in Aragon, Spain
• Romanos, Ioannina, a village in the municipal unit of Lakka Souliou, Greece
• Romanos, Messenia, a village in Messenia, Greece

See also

• Roman (disambiguation)
• Vlachs

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