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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 ...
The four are described religiose and they dedicated their community to Saint Justus as well as Saint Rufus. At first, they followed the rule of Aachen. Eventually they came to recognize the provost of the cathedral chapter as their rector. In or shortly after 1080, Saint-Ruf was promoted to an abbey by Pope Gregory VII.
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 ]
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 ...
Hermit; Born: 448 Corinth, Greece: Died: 557 (aged 108–109) Cave of St. Chariton, Palestine: Venerated in: Coptic Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Churches Oriental Orthodoxy Western Christianity: Canonized: Pre-Congregation: Feast: September 29 (Eastern Orthodox) [1] November 10 (Coptic Orthodox) January 21 (Armenian Apostolic)
All that is known of Zosimas' life comes from the Vita of St. Mary of Egypt, [5] recorded by Sophronius, who was the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 634 to 638. Sophronius based his work on oral tradition he had heard from monks in Palestine.
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 ...