ST ROMANUS OF SUBIACO - 22 MAY

 

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MAY

Saints celebrated on the 22 May

Prayer to the Angels and the Saints

Heavenly Father, in praising Your Angels and Saints we praise Your glory, for by honouring them we honour You, their Creator. Their splendour shows us Your greatness, which infinitely surpasses that of all creation.

In Your loving providence, You saw fit to send Your Angels to watch over us. Grant that we may always be under their protection and one day enjoy their company in heaven.

Heavenly Father, You are glorified in Your Saints, for their glory is the crowning of Your gifts. You provide an example for us by their lives on earth, You give us their friendship by our communion with them, You grant us strength and protection through their prayer for the Church, and You spur us on to victory over evil and the prize of eternal glory by this great company of witnesses.

Grant that we who aspire to take part in their joy may be filled with the Spirit that blessed their lives, so that, after sharing their faith on earth, we may also experience their peace in heaven. Amen.

ST ROMANUS OF SUBIACO 

Saint Romanus, monk in a monastery near Subiaco, Italy, at the beginning of the sixth century. He aided St Benedict when the latter withdrew into a solitary place and regularly brought Benedict bread to support life. 

HE REGULARLY BROUGHT BREAD TO ST BENEDICT

Romanus later (from 523) represented St Benedict at Subiaco, and is said to have afterwards gone to Gaul and to have founded a small monastery at Dryes-Fontrouge, where he died about 550 and was venerated as a saint. His feast is observed on May 22. 

A St Romanus, who is venerated as Bishop of Auxerre on October 8, is probably identical with this Abbot Romanus whose relics were subsequently translated to Auxerre.

(From Catholic Encyclopedia, 1913)

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of the blessed Romanus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.