Romanos the Melodist (Greek: Ῥωμανὸς ὁ Μελωδός; late 5th-century – after 555) was a Byzantine hymnographer and composer, who is a central early figure...

Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare Cosmas the Melodist (died 773/794), a bishop and hymnographer Romanos the Melodist (5th-century – after 555), a Byzantine...

Romanos the Melodist (d. 556). Kontakions have a number of strophes (oikoi or ikoi, stanzas; singular oikos or ikos) and begin with a prologue (the prooimoion...

Romanos may refer to: Romanos, Aragon, a municipality in the province of Zaragoza, in Aragon. Romanos the Melodist, early medieval Greek poet and saint...

reputedly of Syriac origin, which finds its acme in the work of St. Romanos the Melodist (6th century). This dramatic homily which could treat various subjects...

in the middle Byzantine period known to have written in their own names, the other being Anna Comnena. Like her predecessors Romanos the Melodist and...

Jesus is that Melchizedek is an Old Testament Christophany. Romanos the Melodist interpreted the figure with whom Abraham spoke in Genesis 18:1–8 as being...

and rap. Until recently, the earliest examples of stressed poetry had been thought to be works composed by Romanos the Melodist (fl. 6th century CE). However...

night. The widely used Akathist Hymn (meaning the unseated hymn) to the Theotokos (Mother of God) is attributed to Saint Romanos the Melodist who composed...

feast day May 22 Romanos the Melodist, (c. 556), feast day October 1 Romanus of Rouen, Bishop, (c. 640), feast day October 23 Romanos I Lekapenos, ruled...