Romanus (bishop of Rochester)
Romanus | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Rochester | |
| Term ended | before 627 |
| Predecessor | Justus |
| Successor | Paulinus of York |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | c. 624 |
| Personal details | |
| Died | before 627 |
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 and died before 627 by drowning. Little is known of his life beyond these facts.
Career
Presumably, Romanus came to England with Augustine of Canterbury's mission to Kent.[1] He would have arrived either in 597 with the first group of missionaries or in 601 with the second group.[2] He was consecrated as bishop by his predecessor Justus in 624,[1] after Justus became Archbishop of Canterbury.[3] He was the second bishop at Rochester.[4]
Romanus died before 627,[3] probably about 625.[4] He drowned in the Mediterranean Sea off Italy while on a mission to Rome for Justus.[3] Presumably this happened before Justus' death in 627.[1] He was certainly dead by 633, when Paulinus of York became bishop at Rochester after fleeing Northumbria.[3]
Nothing else is known of Romanus' life beyond these facts.
See also
Citations
- ^ a b c Beazley "Romanus" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Mayr-Harting Coming of Christianity pp. 61–62
- ^ a b c d e Blair World of Bede pp. 96–97
- ^ a b Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 221
- ^ Bede History of the English Church and People p. 112
- ^ Bede History of the English Church and People p. 139
- ^ Swanton (trans.) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle p. 24
- ^ Swanton "Introduction" Anglo-Saxon Chronicle pp. xviii, xxi, and xxvi
References
- Beazley, C. R. (2004). "Romanus (d. in or before 627)". In Costambeys, Marios (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. revised by Marios Costambeys (October 2005 Revised ed.). Oxford University Press. required)
- ISBN 0-14-044042-9.
- ISBN 0-521-39819-3.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- ISBN 0-271-00769-9.
- ISBN 0-415-92129-5.
- ISBN 0-415-92129-5.
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