Rufus and Carpophorus

Rufus and Carpophorus

Saints Rufus and Carpophorus (Carpone, Carponius) (d. ca. 295) were Christians who were martyred at Capua during the reign of Diocletian. Their "Acta" state that Rufus was a deacon.

One Saint Rufus for the feast day August 27 also appears as "Rufinus" in the "Martyrologium Hieronymianum" (ed. cit., 111). The other Saint Rufus is said to have suffered with a companion, Carponius, in Diocletian's persecution circa 304 AD (cf. "Bibliotheca hagiographica latina", II, 1070; Acta SS., VI August, 18-19).

Their feast day is August 27.

External links

* [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0827.htm#carp Saints of August 27]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13222b.htm Saints Rufus] at the Catholic Encyclopedia


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