Saint Romanus of Condat | |
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| Born | c. 390 Upper Bugey |
| Died | c. 460 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 28 February[1] |
| Patronage | drowning victims, insanity, mental illness, mentally ill people |
Romanus of Condat (also known in English as Saint Roman; French: Romain de Condat or Romain du Jura) (c. 390 – c. 463) is a saint of the fifth century. At the age of thirty five, he decided to live as a hermit in the area of Condat. His younger brother Lupicinus followed him there. They became leaders of a community of monks that included Eugendus.
Romanus and Lupicinus founded several monasteries. These included Condat Abbey, which was the nucleus of the later town of Saint-Claude, Jura), Lauconne (later Saint-Lupicin, as Lupicinus was buried there), La Balme (Beaume) (later Saint-Romain-de-Roche), where Romanus was buried, and Romainmôtier (Romanum monasterium), now in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.
Romanus was ordained a priest by Hilary of Arles in 444.