Martyr
Rufus
Christian martyred for the faith of Christ.
Life
Holy Martyr Rufus received a martyr's death at Syracuse, in Sicily. The page keeps no other news of him.
He is commemorated on 4 July, in the new style; his name has not been entered in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Commemorated the same day June 21
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