- Romanus of Subiaco
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name= Saint Romanus of Subiaco
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death_date=ca. 550 AD
feast_day=May 22
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church
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death_place= Auxerre
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issues=Saint Romanus of Subiaco (d. ca. 550 AD) was a
hermit in the area aroundSubiaco, Italy .He is remembered as having assisted and influenced
Saint Benedict of Nursia , when the latter had just begun his life as a hermit. Romanus provided Benedict with clothing (areligious habit ), food, and housing (in the form of acave above the riverAnio , which Benedict lived in for 3 years) (St. Gregory the Great , "Dialogi", II, i).Christian tradition states that Romanus departedItaly to escape thebarbarian invasions . He is credited with founding a small monastery atDryes-Fontrouge inAuxerre , where he died.He is sometimes identified with the Romanus of Auxerre who was venerated as
Bishop of Auxerre on8 October . [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13163a.htm]External links
* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4633 Romanus of Subiaco]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13163a.htm Saints Romanus]
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