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Because Saint Roman is commemorated on the same day as the [[Protection of the Mother of God|feast of Protection]], he commonly appears as a central figure in the [[icon]] of that feast, even though there is no historical connection (the event celebrated by the Protection icon occurred in the tenth century). Although in more recent icons Saint Roman is depicted as a [[deacon]] standing on the [[Ambon|ambo]], Russian church musicologist Johann von Gardner points out that in the oldest icons he is more accurately portrayed wearing the short red tunic of a singer and standing on a raised platform in the middle of the church.

Roman is said to have composed more than 8000 similar hymns or [[kontakion|kontakia]] (Gr. κοντάκιον, "scroll") celebrating the feasts of the ecclesiastical year, the lives of the saints, and other sacred subjects. Some of the more famous are: