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Venerable

Rufus of Glendalough

A hermit at Glendalough in Ireland.

Feast
April 2old style April 15
Era
unknown
Place
Glendalough

Life

Saint Rufus of Glendalough, a holy monk, was a hermit at Glendalough in Ireland. The sources at hand say nothing of his life, birthplace or the time in which he lived.

He is commemorated on 2 April, by the Western calendar (new style), as a saint of the undivided Church.

Commemorated the same day April 2