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

People

* Adrianus Romanus, Flemish mathematician (1561–1615) *

Aquila Romanus Aquila Romanus was a Latin grammarian who flourished in the second half of the 3rd century AD. Life He was the author of an extant treatise ''De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis'', written as an installment of a complete rhetorical handbook f ...

, Latin grammarian * Franz Conrad Romanus (1671-1746), Mayor of

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

Giles of Rome Giles of Rome (; ; – 22 December 1316) was a medieval philosopher and Scholastic theologian and a friar of the Order of St Augustine, who was also appointed to the positions of prior general of his order and as Archbishop of Bourges. ...

, Aegidius Romanus, medieval philosopher *

Gabriel Romanus Lars Gabriel Romanus (born 25 January 1939) is a Swedish liberal politician. He served as Minister of Social Affairs 1978–1979, as a member of the Riksdag 1969–1982 and again 2002–2006. He has chaired the Swedish delegation to the Nordic C ...

(born 1939), Swedish politician *

Pope John XIX Pope John XIX (; died October 1032), born Romanus, was the Bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 1024 to his death. He belonged to the family of the powerful Counts of Tusculum, succeeding his brother, Benedict VIII. Papal relatio ...

, whose given name was Romanus *

Pope Romanus Pope Romanus ( fl. 867–897) was the bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from August to November 897. His short reign occurred during a period of partisan strife in the Catholic Church, amid the violence and disorder in central Italy ...

* Richard Romanus (1943-2023), American actor and writer * Romanus (bishop of Rochester) *

Romanus (exarch) Romanus (; died 596 or 597) was Exarch of Ravenna from 589 until 596 or 597. Prior to being appointed Exarch, Romanus won a victory against the future Sassanid ruler Bahram Chobin in 589, provoking his revolt and usurpation of Hormizd IV. In 589 h ...

, Exarch of Ravenna *The hypothetical

Petrus Romanus The Prophecy of the Popes (, "Prophecy of Saint-Archbishop Malachy, concerning the Supreme Pontiffs") is a series of 112 short, cryptic phrases in Latin which purport to predict popes (along with a few antipopes) of the Catholic Church, beginni ...

, a figure mentioned in the Prophecy of the Popes *

Sven Romanus Sven Einar Romanus (19 January 1906 – 30 April 2005) was a Swedish civil servant. He served as President of the Supreme Court of Sweden from 1969 to 1973, as Minister for Justice from 1976 to 1979 and as Acting Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden f ...

(1906–2005), Swedish civil servant

Saints

*Romanus of Nepi, Bishop and martyr of

Nepi Nepi (anciently ''Nepet'' or ''Nepete'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, central Italy. The town lies southeast of the city of Viterbo and about southwest from Civita Castellana. The town is known for its mineral s ...

(1st century), feast day 24 August *

Romanus Ostiarius Saint Romanus Ostiarius is a saint of the Catholic Church. His legend states that he was a soldier who converted to Christianity by the example of Saint Lawrence, who baptized Romanus after the soldier was imprisoned. He became a church ostiary ...

, (died c. 258), feast day August 9 * Romanus of Caesarea, Martyr (c. 303), feast day November 18 *

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. Gregory of Tours Gregory of Tours (born ; 30 November – 17 November 594 AD) was a Gallo-Roman historian and Bishop of Tours d ...

(fl. 4th – 5th century), feast day November 24 *

Romanus of Condat Romanus of Condat (also known in English as Saint Roman; French: ''Romain de Condat'' or ''Romain du Jura)'' ( – ) is a saint of the fifth century. At the age of thirty five, he decided to live as a hermit in the area of Condat. His young ...

, Abbot, Hermit (c. 460), feast day February 28 * Romanus of Subiaco, Monk, (c. 550), feast day May 22 *

Romanos the Melodist Romanos the Melodist (; late 5th-century – after 555) was a Byzantine hymnographer and composer, who is a central early figure in the history of Byzantine music. Called "the Pindar of rhythmic poetry", he flourished during the sixth centur ...

, (c. 556), feast day October 1 *

Romanus of Rouen Saint Romanus of Rouen (; reconstructed Frankish language, Frankish: ''*Hruomann''; died 640 AD) was a scribe, clerical sage, and bishop of Rouen. He would have lived under Dagobert I (629–39), though his date of birth is unknown. His life is ...

, Bishop, (c. 640), feast day October 23

Byzantine emperors

Romanos I Lekapenos Romanos I Lakapenos or Lekapenos (; 870 – 15 June 948), Latinisation of names, Latinized as Romanus I Lacapenus or Romanus I Lecapenus, was Byzantine emperor from 920 until his deposition in 944, serving as regent for and senior co-ruler of ...

, ruled 920–944 *

Romanos II Romanos II (; 938 – 15 March 963) was Byzantine Emperor from 959 to 963. He succeeded his father Constantine VII at the age of twenty-one and died suddenly and mysteriously four years later. His wife Theophano helped their sons Basil II ...

, ruled 959–963 *

Romanos III Argyros Romanos III Argyros (; Latinized Romanus III Argyrus; 968 – 11 April 1034), or Argyropoulos, was Byzantine Emperor from 1028 until his death in 1034. He was a Byzantine noble and senior official in Constantinople when the dying Constantine ...

, ruled 1028–1034 *

Romanos IV Diogenes Romanos IV Diogenes (; – ) was Byzantine emperor from 1068 to 1071. Determined to halt the decline of the Byzantine military and to stop Turkish incursions into the empire, he is nevertheless best known for his defeat and capture in 1071 at ...

, ruled 1068–1071

Places

Romanus House The Romanus House is a historic building in Leipzig, Germany, located in the borough Mitte, on the corner of Brühl and Katharinenstrasse. The city palace, built between 1701 and 1704, is one of the main works of Leipzig Baroque architecture infl ...

, Palace in

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

style in

Romanos, Aragon Romanos is a small municipality in Campo de Daroca, in Aragón. It was an important town during the War of the Two Peters, and has many historic sites, such as castles and churches, some of which are part of the 156 monuments that the Governm ...

, a municipality in Aragon, Spain * Romanos, Ioannina, a village in the municipal unit of

Lakka Souliou Lakka Souliou () is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Dodoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 158.578 ...

, Greece *

Romanos, Messenia Romanos or Romanou for locals () is a village and a community in the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, Messenia, Greece. It is north of Pylos Pylos (, ; ), historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities ...

, a village in Messenia, Greece

People

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See also