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 Roman’tic School.Roma’ny. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Roma’nus (St.),
 
a Norman bishop of the seventh century, is depicted fighting with a dragon, in allusion to the tale that he miraculously conquered a dragon which infested Normandy.   1
 


 Roman’tic School.Roma’ny. 

 
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