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{{short description|Roman Catholic saint}}
{{Infobox saint
| honorific_prefix= Saint
| name = Romulus of Genoa
| image = San Remo038.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| caption = Saint Romulus, cathedral of San Siro, Sanremo
| titles = Bishop and Confessor
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| death_place = [[Sanremo]], [[Liguria]], Italy
| venerated_in = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
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| feast_day = November 6 (formerly October 13, December 22)
| attributes = depicted with [[Episcopal polity|episcopal]] dress and a sword in hand
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'''Romulus''' (or '''Remo''') '''of Genoa''' ({{langx|it|Romolo}}; {{langx|lij|Reumo(l)o}}) was an early [[Bishop of Genoa]], around the time of [[Syrus of Genoa|Syrus]].<ref>He was traditionally reputed to have preceded Syrus (Bent, J. Theodore: [https://archive.org/stream/genoahowrepublic00bentiala ''Genoa: How the Republic Rose and Fell'']. 1881. ), but his lead coffin apparently rests ''upon'' that of Syrus beneath the high altar of the Church of San Siro. (Robert Walter Carden, "The City of Genoa," 1908: 79.</ref> His dates are uncertain: since [[Jacobus de Voragine]]<ref>"Chronicon Januense"</ref> traditional lists compiled from local liturgies generally place his bishopric fourth in a largely legendary list.<ref>The early lists noted in Carden 1908:76-77 included Grassi, "I Vescovi di Genova."</ref> He fled from Genoa and never returned<ref>Jacobus de Voragine's statement suggested to Carden a date during the first Lombard occupation of the city, 589-645 (Carden 1908:80).</ref> He died in the cave he inhabited at Villa Matutiae,{{efn|Named for the Roman goddess presiding over childbirth, [[Mater Matuta]]; also known as ''Villa Matuzia'', ''Villa Matutiana'' and ''Vicus Matutianus''; whether a [[Roman villa]] or a {{lang|la|[[Vicus (Rome)|vicus]]}} is not established.}} a town on the [[Italian Riviera]] which later adopted his name, becoming San Remo (from 15th century until the first half of the 20th century), and later [[Sanremo]].<ref>[http://www.comunedisanremo.it/download/documenti/statuto.pdf Statute of Sanremo Municipality] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927011812/http://www.comunedisanremo.it/download/documenti/statuto.pdf |date=2007-09-27 }} {{in lang|it}}</ref>

==Veneration==
In 876 the bishop Sabbatinus brought his remains to [[Genoa]], to the church of [[San Siro (Genoa)|San Siro]], where a new structure was consecrated in 1023.

Since he was invoked in defence of Villa Matutiæ from its inhabitants during enemy attack, Romulus is depicted with episcopal dress and a sword in hand.

The [[feast day]] of Saint Romulus had been kept on October 13, the traditional date of his death, as well as on December 22. In the [[Archdiocese of Genoa]] his feast day is now celebrated on November 6, together with two more of its early bishops: [[Valentine of Genoa]] and [[Felix of Genoa]].

==Notes==
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==References==

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==External links==
{{Commons category|Saint Romulus of Genoa}}
* [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1013.shtml#romu Saint of the Day, October 13: ''Romulus of Genoa''] at ''SaintPatrickDC.org''
* [http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/74100 (Antonio Borelli) ''Santi e Beati: San Romolo di Genova''] {{in lang|it}}

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