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Soldiering On

Ancient Roman tradition tells us that St. Romanus was a soldier and adult convert to the faith, having been instructed and baptized by the much-beloved deacon St. Lawrence. Romanus was beheaded the day before his famous teacher was put to death.. Then, like St. Lawrence, Romanus was buried in the Catacomb of the Cyriaca on the Via Tiburtina. The grave of St. Romanus apears in the pilgrim Itineraries of the seventh century. Today, August 9, is his memorial.