Romanos the Hymnographer

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Romanos the Hymnographer was a 6th-century Byzantine deacon and one of the most important early Christian liturgical poets, renowned for composing elaborate kontakia still used in Eastern Orthodox worship.

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Romanos the Hymnographer canonical 3
Saint Romanos the Melodist 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine deacon ⓘ
Byzantine saint ⓘ
Christian hymnographer ⓘ
liturgical poet ⓘ
saint ⓘ
activePeriod 6th century ⓘ
associatedWithFeast Protection of the Theotokos ⓘ
birthCentury 6th century ⓘ
churchTradition Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
commemoration liturgical hymns in his honor ⓘ
feastDay 1 October ⓘ
genre religious poetry ⓘ
honorificTitle Romanos the Melodist ⓘ
Saint Romanos the Melodist ⓘ
influence development of Byzantine hymnography ⓘ
later Orthodox liturgical poetry ⓘ
knownFor composition of kontakia ⓘ
early Byzantine liturgical poetry ⓘ
long, elaborate hymn-sermons ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
literaryForm acrostic hymns ⓘ
liturgicalGenre kontakion ⓘ
majorWork Kontakion on the Akathist to the Theotokos ⓘ
Kontakion on the Last Judgment ⓘ
Kontakion on the Nativity of Christ ⓘ
Kontakion on the Passion of Christ ⓘ
meter syllabic verse ⓘ
occupation deacon ⓘ
hymnographer ⓘ
poet ⓘ
region Byzantine Empire ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
roleInLiturgy composer of festal kontakia ⓘ
composer of hymns for Matins ⓘ
status one of the most important early Christian liturgical poets ⓘ
style dramatic dialogue ⓘ
sermonic hymn ⓘ
subjectMatter biblical narratives ⓘ
lives of Christ and the Theotokos ⓘ
major Christian feasts ⓘ
theologicalFocus Christological themes ⓘ
Marian devotion ⓘ
salvation history ⓘ
tradition Byzantine hymnography ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Catholic Churches of Byzantine Rite ⓘ
Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
worksUsage some kontakia still used in Eastern Orthodox worship ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romanos the Melodist → alsoKnownAs → Romanos the Hymnographer ⓘ
Romanos the Melodist → alsoKnownAs → Romanos the Hymnographer ⓘ
subject linked to: the Melodist
Romanos Melodos → alsoKnownAs → Romanos the Hymnographer ⓘ
Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) → iconographyDepicts → Saint Romanos the Melodist ⓘ
linked to: Romanos the Hymnographer