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Martyr

Rufinus

A martyr commemorated in the calendars of the Western saints.

Feast
February 28old style March 13
Reposed
2503rd century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Rufinus is commemorated in the Greek synaxarion and in the Western calendars together with Saints Macarius, Justus and Theophilus, martyrs who suffered at Rome in the year 250, in the time of the Emperor Decius (249-251). According to a Western note, they were potters by trade, perhaps died at Rome, and are also venerated at Bari and Bologna in Italy.

No other details of his life survive. The four are commemorated on 28 February, by the Western calendar (new style). Rufinus is honored as a saint of the undivided Church.

Commemorated the same day February 28