- Catholic Encyclopedia - St. Romanos "ho melodos" (the Melodist), sixth-century Syrian, wrote about 1,000 kontakia.
www.newadvent.org/cathen/13154a.htm
- For All the Saints - St. Romanos, or Romanus, the Melodist, priest who gave the classic form to the kontakion. Died around 540.
users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/1001.htm#roma
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