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Rufus of Damascus
martyr at Damascus, son of Paul and Tatta
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Feast: 25 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Damascus in Syria, the holy martyrs Paul and Tatta, a married couple, and Sabinian, Maximus, Rufus and Eugene, their sons, who, accused of being Christians, were beaten and tortured with other torments, and at last gave up their souls to God.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 25 September as a martyr at Damascus, a son of Paul and Tatta, beaten and tortured for being a Christian.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R5e0400cc — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.