Romanus of Samosata (died 297) was a

martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an externa ...

for Christianity in Syria in 297. He and his companions, Jacob, Philotheus, Hyperechius, Abibus, Julianus, and Paregorius were all subject to a variety of tortures before being hanged to trees and then nailed against them. They are mentioned in the '' Menaea Graeca'' and the ''

Menologium der Orthodox-Katholischen Kirche des Morgenlandes ''Menologium der Orthodox-Katholischen Kirche des Morgenlandes'' is a volume of hagiography by Probst Mayhew, published in Berlin in 1900. It is the sole primary collected source of several lives of saints. The individuals included in the book incl ...

''. Their feast day is January 29. Romanus is one of the 140 Colonnade saints which adorn

St. Peter's Square Saint Peter's Square ( la, Forum Sancti Petri, it, Piazza San Pietro ,) is a large plaza located directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, the papal enclave inside Rome, directly west of the neighborhood ( rione) of Borgo. B ...

References

*Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. Year of birth missing 297 deaths Syrian Christian saints Groups of Christian martyrs of the Roman era 3rd-century Christian martyrs {{saint-stub