Rufus of Metz was, according to some sources, bishop of Metz for 29 years.[1] He has been made a Catholic saint with his feast day on November 7.[2]
In the ninth century his relics were transferred to Gau-Odernheim in Rhenish Hesse, Diocese of Mainz.
In the view of the Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913, his history is legendary:
- His name was inserted at a later date in an old manuscript of the "Martyrol. Hieronym." (ed. cit., 140).[3]
References
edit- ^ Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
- ^ St. Rufus of Metz - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
- ^ Kirsch, Johann Peter (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13, see para (5).