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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 ...
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.
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 ]
Anthony the Hermit (c. 468 – c. 520), also known as Anthony of Lérins, is a Christian who is venerated as a saint. He was born in the ancient Roman province of Pannonia Valeria (now Hungary ), then part of the Hunnic Empire .
He also wrote a commentary on the Regula tertia, the third rule of Saint Augustine. As a result, when the stricter Ordo monasterii or second rule of Saint Augustine came into vogue, the abbey of Saint-Ruf stuck to the Regula tertia. The cathedral chapters of Maguelone, Mende, Uzès, Tortosa and Tarragona adopted the customs of Saint-Ruf. [7]
When Saint Guthlac died in 714 A.D., he was already famous for his choice to give up a “life of riches” for years of solitude as a Christian monk.
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 ...
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]