Rufina and Secunda
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Rufina and Secunda (died 257) were
Legend
According to the legendary Acts, they suffered in 287 during the persecution of Emperor Valerian.[1]
Their legend states that they were daughters of a Roman senator named Asterius. Their fiancés, Armentarius and Verinus, were Christians, but renounced their faith when Valerian began his persecutions.[2] Escaping to Etruria, Rufina and Secunda were captured and brought before a prefect, who tortured and then beheaded them.
Their bodies were buried on the Via Aurelia and the church of Sante Rufina e Secunda was built in their honor in Rome.[3]
Historicity
In the notes attached to the publication of
They are mentioned in the
Feast day
The
In art
Sts Rufina and Secunda are sometimes depicted as two maidens floating in the
In the 1620s, the Italian painters
References
- ^ a b Kirsch, Johann Peter. "Sts. Rufina." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 18 November 2021 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Butler, Alban. "SS. Rufina and Secunda, Virgins, Martyrs", The Lives of the Saints. 1866 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "Sts. Rufina and Secunda", Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
- ^ "Calendarium Romanum" (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 129
- ^ General Instruction of the Roman Missal Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine, 355 c
- ^ Metropolitan Museum of Art: Venice and Northern Italy, 1600–1800 A.D.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Sts. Rufina". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
External links
- Saint of the Day, July 10: Rufina and Secunda Archived 2011-04-08 at the Wayback Machine at SaintPatrickDC.org
- De hellige Rufina og Secunda av Roma (257) (in Norwegian)