Saint Rufinus of Soissons

Memorial

• 14 June

Profile

Lived at Soissons, Gaul (in modern France). May have been a missionary from Rome, Italy. Fled during the persecution of Diocletian, but was captured. When brought to court, he made a bold, public statement of faith. Tortured and martyred with Saint Valerius.

Died

• beheaded c.287 at Bazoches, Gaul (modern France)
• a church was built over his grave

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Rufinus of Soissons“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 June 2013. Web. 18 June 2013. <>