Rarimus of Cagliari

Rarimus of Cagliari is, according to tradition, an archbishop of Cagliari in Sardinia who died as a martyr. There is no firm proof that he was really martyred, as is the case with all the legendary saints of Cagliari up to the start of the fourth century, when documents about the diocese begin to appear. Even so, he is venerated as a saint by several Christian confessions.

According to this tradition, he became archbishop after Eutychius, also a saint. In the persecution of Diocletian he was discovered wearing the vestments of his rank, although he had been imprisoned. He was taken to the temple to offer sacrifice to the Roman gods, and because he refused, his throat was cut.

His commemoration is on 12 October. He is buried in the cathedral of Santa Maria at Cagliari, in the Sanctuary of the Martyrs, cut into the rock in the seventeenth century, where the remains from 179 tombs of martyrs of Cagliari were placed, among them those of Rarimus. In 1672 relics of his were taken to the church of Sant Llorenç at Sant Feliu de Llobregat, and he became co-⁠patron of the town, together with Saint Lawrence of Huesca. On 12 October 1685 a bell called Rarímia was blessed there in his honour. The bell was lost in 1936, after the church burned, when it was melted down for war material, and on 12 October 2000 a new one with the same name was installed.