Romanus of Caesarea [SEP] date of death
Romanus of Caesarea
Saint Romanus of Caesarea (also known as Romanus of Antioch) is venerated as a martyr. In 303 or 304, at the beginning of the Diocletian persecution, a deacon called Romanus of Caesarea in Palestine suffered martyrdom at Antioch. He was taken prisoner, was condemned to death by fire, and was bound to the stake; however, as Emperor Galerius was then in Antioch, Romanus was brought before him. At the emperor's command Romanus' tongue was cut out. Tortured in various ways in
- Floods: Flooding was frequent at this time, and Romanus intervened when it threatened to be catastrophic, making the river fall.
- Ecstasy: Shortly before his death, Romanus was saying the Mass when he entered an ecstasy, his body rising off the ground as God announced the date of his death.
- The dragon or Gargouille: the Gargouille (also "Garguiem", as "gargoyle" from a word for "throat") is a dragon from the legend of Saint Romanus of Rouen. The