Romanus of Condat
Romanus of Condat (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.
Patron saint of drowning victims; insanity; mental illness; mentally ill people
In the Martyrology
- February 28 Saint Romain, abbot of Condat