Rufinus of Assisi


Rufinus of Assisi
Saint Rufinus in the Cathedral of San Rufino
Martyr
Bornunknown
Died238 or 239
Costano
Venerated inRoman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy
Major shrineCathedral of San Rufino
PatronageAssisi

According to legend, Rufinus of Assisi (Italian: Rufino), was the first bishop of this city and a martyr.

Sources concerning the life of Saint Rufino are a sermon of eleventh century Peter Damian, (Miracula Sancti Rufini Martyris), and a Passio Sancti Rufini of the 14th century. The Acts of the martyrdom of this Rufinus are purely legendary. He is probably identical with the "episcopus Marsorum" (bishop of the Marsi) noted in the Roman Martyrology under 11 August.[1]

  1. ^ Kirsch, Johann Peter. "Sts. Rufinus." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 18 November 2021 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.