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<p> <b> Romanus (7), </b> a solitary, born and brought up at Rhosus, who retired to a cell on the mountains near Antioch, where he lived to extreme old age, practising the utmost austerities. [[Theodoret]] describes him as conspicuous for simplicity and meekness, attracting to his cell by the beauty of his character large numbers, over whom he exercised a salutary influence (Theod. <i> Hist. Relig. </i> c. xi.). </p> <p> [E.V.] </p> | <p> <b> Romanus (7), </b> a solitary, born and brought up at Rhosus, who retired to a cell on the mountains near Antioch, where he lived to extreme old age, practising the utmost austerities. [[Theodoret]] describes him as conspicuous for simplicity and meekness, attracting to his cell by the beauty of his character large numbers, over whom he exercised a salutary influence (Theod. <i> Hist. Relig. </i> c. xi.). </p> <p> [E.V.] </p> | ||