For All the Saints
- St. Romanos, or Romanus, the Melodist, priest who gave the classic form to the kontakion. Died around 540.
- http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/1001.htm#roma

Catholic Encyclopedia
- St. Romanos "ho melodos" (the Melodist), sixth-century Syrian, wrote about 1,000 kontakia.
- http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13154a.htm