Romanus of Rouen

Saint Romanus of Rouen
Status of Romanus resting on a column in the doorway of the Rouen cathedral library.
Bishop
Born	Unknown
Died	c. 640 Kingdom of the Franks
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Major shrine	Rouen
Feast	October 23
Attributes	depicted with a Gargouille[1]
Patronage	Archdiocese of Rouen, City of Rouen

Saint Romanus of Rouen (French: Romain; reconstructed Frankish: *Hruomann; died c. 640 AD) was a scribe, clerical sage, and bishop of Rouen. He would have lived under Dagobert I (629–39), though his date of birth is unknown. His life is known in legend and tradition^[2] and is shown in the stained glass windows (c. 1521) and south gate of Rouen Cathedral and the stained glass windows of the église Saint-Godard (1555). The Catholic Encyclopedia claims that his legend has little historical value^[3] with little authentic information.^[4] He was both Lord Chancellor of France and Référendaire of France. (For Saint Romanus, Martyr, please see Romanus of Caesarea).

The city's autumn "foire Saint-Romain" was set to his feast day on the "10th day of the Kalends of November" (i.e. 23 October) around 1090, at the same date as his cult was spread to the whole diocese of Rouen.