Romano Bottegal was born in 1921 in northeastern Italy. After school he entered the local seminary. Though he expressed the desire to enter monastic life he was advised to continue with his studies for priesthood. He was ordained a priest in June 1946 and joined the monastery of Tre Fontane a few months later. In 1961 he went to Lebanon to assist with the foundation of a new monastery. Though the monastery was closed after two years Fr Roman subsequently received permission to live in Lebanon as a hermit. He died from Tuberculosis in 1978. His beatification process was begun in 2000 by the Church in the Lebanon and Fr Romano was declared venerable on 9 December 2013.