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

People

Adrianus Romanus Adriaan van Roomen (29 September 1561 – 4 May 1615), also known as Adrianus Romanus, was a mathematician, professor of medicine and medical astronomer from the Duchy of Brabant in the Habsburg Netherlands who was active throughout Central Euro ...

, Flemish mathematician (1561–1615) * Aquila Romanus, Latin grammarian *

Giles of Rome Giles of Rome O.S.A. ( Latin: ''Aegidius Romanus''; Italian: ''Egidio Colonna''; c. 1243 – 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 ...

, Aegidius Romanus, medieval philosopher * Gabriel Romanus (born 1939), Swedish politician *

Pope John XIX Pope John XIX ( la, Ioannes 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 VII ...

, whose given name was Romanus *

Pope Romanus Pope Romanus ( 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 (born 1945), American actor and writer *

Romanus (bishop of Rochester) Romanus (died before 627) was the second bishop of Rochester and presumably was a member of the Gregorian mission sent to Kent to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism. Romanus was consecrated bishop around 624 ...

* Romanus (exarch), Exarch of Ravenna *The hypothetical Petrus Romanus, a figure mentioned in the Prophecy of the Popes * Sven Romanus (1906–2005), Swedish civil servant

Saints

*Romanus of Nepi, Bishop and martyr of Nepi (1st century), feast day 24 August *

Romanus Ostiarius Saint Romanus Ostiarius is a legendary 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 chur ...

, (died c. 258), feast day August 9 * Romanus of Caesarea, Martyr (c. 303), feast day November 18 * Romanus of Blaye (fl. 4th – 5th century), feast day November 24 *

Romanus of Condat Saint Romanus of Condat ( – ) 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 younger brother Lupicinus followed him there. They became leaders of a community of monks that ...

, Abbot, Hermit (c. 460), feast day February 28 *

Romanus of Subiaco Saint Romanus of Subiaco (died ca. 550 AD) was a hermit in the area around Subiaco, 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 ...

, 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 century, ...

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

Romanus of Rouen Saint Romanus of Rouen (french: Romain; reconstructed 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 known ...

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

Byzantine emperors

Romanos I Lekapenos Romanos I Lekapenos ( el, Ρωμανός Λεκαπηνός; 870 – 15 June 948), Latinized as Romanus I Lecapenus, was Byzantine emperor from 920 until his deposition in 944, serving as regent for the infant Constantine VII. Origin Romanos ...

, ruled 920–944 *

Romanos II Romanos II Porphyrogenitus ( gr, Ρωμανός, 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 son Bas ...

, ruled 959–963 *

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

, ruled 1028–1034 *

Romanos IV Diogenes Romanos IV Diogenes (Greek: Ρωμανός Διογένης), Latinized as Romanus IV Diogenes, was a member of the Byzantine military aristocracy who, after his marriage to the widowed empress Eudokia Makrembolitissa, was crowned Byzantine E ...

, ruled 1068–1071

Places

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 Government ...

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

Lakka Souliou Lakka Souliou ( el, Λάκκα Σουλίου 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 u ...

, Greece *

Romanos, Messenia Romanos ( el, Ρωμανός) is a village and a community in the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, Messenia, Greece. It is north of Pylos. It is part of the Nestoras municipal unit. The community consists of the villages Romanos and Petrochori. Pet ...

, a village in Messenia, Greece

People

Saints

Byzantine emperors

Places

See also