18 November – Saint Romanus of Antioch and Saint Barula

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Above: Romanus in front of the church, he is denounced to the prefect Asclepiades / below: Romanus in front of Asclepiades; Romanus is tortured by servants (about)
Torture of Saint Romanus (about)
Saint Romanus before Aesclepiades (about)
Barulas of Antioch, Chosen from Crowd (about)
Above, Barulas is tortured on the cross and demands water in parallel to the crucifixion of Christ. / Below, the mother admonishes the boy and reminds him of Isaac’s willingness to die and of Jesus’ death; she promises him entrance into the Heavenly Jerusalem (about)
Barulas is tortured on the orders of Asclepiades, his mother reprimands him for his cries of pain
The mother continues her speech to her son and triumphs over her tormentors (about)
Barulas is thrown into prison, The torture of Romanus is intensified
Romanus is led away
Death of Barulas
Romanus in the fire that the rain extinguishes; a surgeon cuts out Romanus’ tongue
The death of Romanus
Amiens, Bibliothèque municipale, 0108
Saint Romanus of Antioch and Saint Barula by Zurbaran
S. Romain and S. Barulla (St. Romanus and St. Barula), November 18th, from Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L'Année (Images of All of the Saints and Religious Events of the Year), Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy), Etching; second state of two (Lieure)
Les Images De Tous Les Saincts et Saintes de L’Année
The Book of Saints

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Martyrologium Romanum

Roman Martyrology

Lives of the Saints by Alban Butler.

Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould.

Victories of the Martyrs by Saint Alphonsus Liguori.

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Eusebius, The Martyrs of Palestine

Prudentius, Liber peristephanon

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art – Saint Romanus of Antioch & Saint Barulas

Portail Biblissima

Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 264 – Prudentius, Carmina, Peristephanon X, 122b–148a

Menologion of Basil II (about)

Post-Biblical Saints Art Index
Saints and their Emblems

Music

Cantus: A Database for Latin Ecclesiastical Chant