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, Latin grammarian * Giles of Rome, 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 Cou ...

(born 1939), Swedish politician * Pope John XIX, 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. His ...

Richard Romanus Richard Romanus (born Richard Joseph Romanos; February 8, 1945) is an American actor. Among other roles, he has appeared in Martin Scorsese's ''Mean Streets'' and provided voices for Ralph Bakshi's animated films ''Wizards (film), Wizards'' and ' ...

(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) Romanus ( grc-gre, Ρωμανός, Rōmanós; 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 ...

, Exarch of Ravenna *The hypothetical

Petrus Romanus The Prophecy of the Popes ( la, Prophetia Sancti Malachiae Archiepiscopi, de Summis Pontificibus, "Prophecy of Saint-Archbishop Malachy, concerning the Supreme Pontiffs") is a series of 112 short, cryptic phrases in Latin (language), Latin which ...

, 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 ...

(1906–2005), Swedish civil servant

Saints

*Romanus of Nepi, Bishop and martyr of Nepi (1st century), feast day 24 August * Romanus Ostiarius, (died c. 258), feast day August 9 *

Romanus of Caesarea Romanus of Caesarea (also known as Romanus of Antioch) is venerated as a martyr. A deacon of Caesarea, he was martyred at Antioch. Life In 303 or 304, at the beginning of the Diocletianic Persecution, a deacon called Romanus, served in Caesarea in ...

, 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 claimed that St. Martin of Tours buried Romanus. An old life of St. Romanus was published in the ''Analecta Bollandiana ...

(fl. 4th – 5th century), feast day November 24 * Romanus of Condat, Abbot, Hermit (c. 460), feast day February 28 * Romanus of Subiaco, Monk, (c. 550), feast day May 22 * Romanos the Melodist, (c. 556), feast day October 1 *

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

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

Byzantine emperors

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

, ruled 920–944 * Romanos II, 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 Em ...

, ruled 1068–1071

Places

* Romanos, Aragon, 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 unit ...

, 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 Nestoras ( el, Δήμος Νέστορος) is a former municipality in Messenia, P ...

, a village in Messenia, Greece

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