ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN FEBRUARY
Saints celebrated on the 9th of February
SAINTS RUFFINUS AND MEMOR, BISHOPS
Saints Ruffinus and Memor were bishops of Canusium in Apulia, which no longer exists. The former was the successor of Saint Vrobus and died around A.D. 500, the other in 514 or thereabouts. In the year 499, Saint Ruffinus joined a synod held in Rome under Pope Symmachus. No further details have been handed down to us. Their bodies are said to have been transferred to Bari when the episcopal seat was moved to there.
(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 5, Augsburg, 1882, p. 154)
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PRAYER:
Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saints Ruffinus and Memor may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
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