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STS. RUFUS

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The present Roman Martyrology records ten saints of this name. Historical
mention is made of the following:

(1) On 19 April, a group of martyrs in Melitene in Armenia, one of whom bears
the name of Rufus. These martyrs are mentioned already in the "Martyrologium
Hieronymianum" (ed. De Rossi-Duchesne, 46).

(2) On 1 August, Rufus, with several companions who, according to the most
reliable manuscripts of the "Martyrol. Hieronym." died at Tomi, the place being
afterwards by mistake changed to Philadelphia (cf. Quentin, "Les martyrologes
historiques", 337).

(3) On 27 August, two martyrs named Rufus at Capua — one, whose name also
appears as Rufinus in the "Martyrol. Hieronym." (ed. cit., 111). The other is
said to have suffered with a companion, Carponius, in the Diocletian persecution
(cf. "Bibliotheca hagiographica latina", II, 1070; Acta SS., VI August, 18-19).



(4) On 25 September, several martyrs at Damascus, among them one named Rufus.

(5) On 7 November, a Sts. Rufus, who is said to have been Bishop of Metz; his
history, however, is legendary. His name was inserted at a later date in an old
manuscript of the "Martyrol. Hieronym." (ed. cit., 140). In the ninth century
his relics were transferred to Gau-Odernheim in Hesse, Diocese of Mainz.

(6) On 12 November, Rufus, a supposed Bishop of Avignon, who is perhaps
identical with Rufus, the disciple of Paul (21 November). Legend, without any
historical proof, has made him the first Bishop of Avignon [cf. Duchesne,
"Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule", I, 258; Duprat in "Mémoires de
l'Académiede Vaucluse" (1889), 373 sqq.; (1890), 1 sqq., 105 sqq.].

(7) On 21 November, Rufus the disciple of the Apostles, who lived at Rome and to
whom St. Paul sent a greeting, as well as he did also to the mother of Rufus
(Romans 16:13). St. Mark says in his Gospel (xv, 21) that Simon of Cyrene was
the father of Rufus, and as Mark wrote his Gospel for the Roman Christians, this
Rufus is probably the same as the one to whom Paul sent a salutation [cf.
Cornely, "Commentar. in Epist. ad Romanos" (Paris, 1896), 778 sq.].

(8) On 28 November, a Roman martyr Rufus, probably identical with the Rufinianus
who was buried in the Catacomb of Generosa on the Via Portuensis, and who is
introduced in the legendary Acts of the martyrdom of St. Chrysogonus (cf.
Allard, "Histoire des persécutions", IV, 371 sq.).

(9) On 18 December, the holy martyrs Rufus and Zosimus, who were taken to Rome
with St. Ignatius of Antioch and were put to death there for their unwavering
confession of Christianity during the persecution of Trajan. St. Polycarp speaks
of them in his letter to the Philippians (c. ix).




ABOUT THIS PAGE

APA citation. Kirsch, J.P. (1912). Sts. Rufus. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New
York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13222b.htm

MLA citation. Kirsch, Johann Peter. "Sts. Rufus." The Catholic Encyclopedia.
Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13222b.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Herman F.
Holbrook. O all ye holy Martyrs and Confessors, pray for us.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. February 1, 1912. Remy Lafort, D.D.,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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