Rufus of Metz
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Rufus of Metz was, according to some sources, bishop of Metz for 29 years. He has been made a Catholic saint with his feast day on November 7.
In the ninth century his relics were transferred to Gau-Odernheim
in Rhenish Hesse, Diocese of Mainz.
In the view of the Catholic Encyclopedia
of 1913, his history is legendary:
In the ninth century his relics were transferred to Gau-Odernheim
Gau-Odernheim
Gau-Odernheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :...
in Rhenish Hesse, Diocese of Mainz.
In the view of the Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Encyclopedia
The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia and the Original Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in the United States. The first volume appeared in March 1907 and the last three volumes appeared in 1912, followed by a master index...
of 1913, his history is legendary:
- His name was inserted at a later date in an old manuscript of the "Martyrol. Hieronym."Martyrologium HieronymianumThe Martyrologium Hieronymianum was a medieval list of martyrs, one of the most used and influential of the Middle Ages...
(ed. cit., 140).