Romanus of Subiaco

Who they were

Romanus was a monk in a monastery near Subiaco at the beginning of the sixth century. When St. Benedict withdrew into solitude there, Romanus helped him and regularly brought him bread to keep him alive, as St. Gregory the Great relates.

He is said to have gone later to Gaul and founded a small monastery at Dryes-Fontrouge, where he died about 550 and was honoured as a saint. His feast is 22 May.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

The monk who fed St. Benedict during his years of solitude at Subiaco.

Connected on this site

• Benedict of Nursia Saint Pupil
  “He is remembered as having assisted and influenced Saint Benedict of Nursia, when the latter had just begun his life as a hermit.” — Wikipedia
• Romanus of Auxerre Saint
  “He is sometimes identified with the Romanus of Auxerre who was venerated as Bishop of Auxerre on 8 or 6 October.” — Wikipedia