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On 12 November, Rufus, legend, without any historical proof, the supposed first Bishop of Avignon, who is perhaps identical with Rufus, the disciple of Paul (21 November). [2] On 21 November, Rufus the disciple of the Apostles, who lived at Rome and to whom Saint Paul sent a greeting, as well as he did also to the mother of Rufus (Romans 16:13 ...
Máel Ruba (c. 642–722) is an Irish saint of the Celtic Church who was active in the Christianisation of the Picts and Gaels of Scotland.Originally a monk from Bangor Abbey, County Down, Gaelic Ireland, he founded the monastic community of Applecross (Scottish Gaelic: A' Chomraich [ə ˈxoməriç], 'The Sanctuary') [1] in Wester Ross, one of the best attested early Christian monasteries in ...
Rufus and Zosimus (died 107 AD) are 2nd century Christian martyrs venerated by the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches. They lived in Antioch and were martyred with Ignatius of Antioch during the persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Trajan . [ 1 ]
Early church historians, writers, and fathers testified to the numerous Copt martyrs. Tertullian, a 3rd-century North African lawyer, wrote, "If the martyrs of the whole world were put on one arm of the balance and the martyrs of Egypt on the other, the balance will tilt in favor of the Copts."
Paul of Thebes (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ; Koinē Greek: Παῦλος ὁ Θηβαῖος, Paûlos ho Thēbaîos; Latin: Paulus Eremita; c. 227 – c. 341), commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit and grazer, [2] who was claimed to have lived alone in the desert of Thebes in Roman Egypt from the age ...
Since 1960 a different Saint, St. Josephat, Bishop and Martyr, has a celebration on 16 November. Barlaam and Josaphat were entered into the Greek Orthodox liturgical calendar on 26 August Julian ( 8 September Gregorian ), [ 11 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] and into liturgical calendar of the Slavic tradition of the Eastern Orthodox Church , on 19 November ...
Ranulf oversaw the translation of Saint Cuthbert's relics to a new tomb in a lavish ceremony. He was also a patron to the hermit Saint Godric, whom he befriended. [83] One of Ranulf's brothers was Fulcher, who was Bishop of Lisieux in 1101. [84] [f] Another brother was Osbern, who was a royal clerk for Rufus, [86] and the last brother was ...
He was named after his uncle, Theobald of Vienne, also considered a saint. [4] As a youth, Theobald admired the lives of hermits such as John the Baptist, Paul the First Hermit, Anthony the Abbot and Arsenius the Great. He would visit a local hermit named Burchard, who lived on an island in the Seine. [4]