Saint Ferrutius
- Memorial
- 28 October
- Profile
- Roman soldier.
Christian.
When stationed at Mainz, Germany, as part of his duty he was ordered to worship an idol.
He refused, and demanded his discharge from the army so that he could stay true to his faith.
Instead he was thrown into prison and abused to death.
Martyr.
- Died
- from abuse and starvation
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- Bleidenstadt, Germany
- Representation
- soldier holding a banner with a cross, a palm branch and a small shield with an escarbuncle
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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