Romanus of Blaye

Romanus of Blaye

Saint Romanus of Blaye was a priest in the Gironde in France.

He was active at the end of the fourth century. [CathEncy|wstitle=Sts. Romanus] Gregory of Tours claimed that St. Martin of Tours buried Romanus. ["De gloria confessorum", c. xlv] An old life of St. Romanus was published in the "Analecta Bollandiana". [V (1866), 178 sqq.] His feast is 24 November.

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