Saint Romulus of Genoa | |
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 Saint Romulus, cathedral of San Siro, Sanremo | |
| Bishop and Confessor | |
| Died | Sanremo, Liguria, Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | November 6 (formerly October 13, December 22) |
| Attributes | depicted with episcopal dress and a sword in hand |
Romulus (or Remo) of Genoa (Italian: Romolo; Ligurian: Reumo(l)o) was an early Bishop of Genoa, around the time of Syrus.[1] His dates are uncertain: since Jacobus de Voragine[2] traditional lists compiled from local liturgies generally place his bishopric fourth in a largely legendary list.[3] He fled from Genoa and never returned[4] He died in the cave he inhabited at Villa Matutiae,[a] a town on the Italian Riviera which later adopted his name, becoming San Remo (from 15th century until the first half of the 20th century), and later Sanremo.[5]
- ^ He was traditionally reputed to have preceded Syrus (Bent, J. Theodore: Genoa: How the Republic Rose and Fell. 1881. ), but his lead coffin apparently rests upon that of Syrus beneath the high altar of the Church of San Siro. (Robert Walter Carden, "The City of Genoa," 1908: 79.
- ^ "Chronicon Januense"
- ^ The early lists noted in Carden 1908:76-77 included Grassi, "I Vescovi di Genova."
- ^ Jacobus de Voragine's statement suggested to Carden a date during the first Lombard occupation of the city, 589-645 (Carden 1908:80).
- ^ Statute of Sanremo Municipality Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine (in Italian)
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