Rufinus may refer to: * Saints Rufinus, eleven saints named Rufinus in Roman Martyrology *

Rufinus of Assisi According to legend, Rufinus of Assisi (Italian ''Rufino''), was the first bishop of this city and a martyr. Sources concerning the life of Saint Rufino are a sermon of eleventh century Peter Damian, (''Miracula Sancti Rufini Martyris''), and a ...

, 3rd-century saint and martyr *

Valerius and Rufinus Valerius and Rufinus (died 287 AD) are venerated as Christian saints and martyrs. Their legend states that they were imperial tax collectors in Soissons who were pious Christians. They were ordered to be arrested by Rictius Varus, the ''praefectus- ...

(d. 287), Christian martyrs * Rufinus (Roman governor), 3rd century governor of Roman Britain *

Rufinus (consul) Flavius Rufinus ( el, Φλάβιος Ῥουφῖνος; – 27 November 395) was a 4th-century East Roman statesman of Aquitanian extraction who served as Praetorian prefect of the East for the emperor Theodosius I, as well as for his son Arca ...

(c. 335–395), Eastern Roman statesman *

Tyrannius Rufinus Tyrannius Rufinus, also called Rufinus of Aquileia (''Rufinus Aquileiensis'') or Rufinus of Concordia (344/345–411), anglicized as Tyrann Rufine, was a monk, historian, and theologian. He is best known as a translator of Greek patristic materi ...

, or Rufinus of Aquileia (c. 340–410), Roman monk, historian, and translator *

Rufinus (relative of Theodosius II) Rufinus (''floruit'' 431–432) was a praetorian prefect of the East, one of the most important officials of the Eastern Roman Empire. Life Rufinus was a relative of Emperor Theodosius II (r. 402–450). He is attested in office between March 4 ...

, 5th century * Rufinus (poet) of the Greek Anthology *

Rufinus (decretist) Rufinus was an Italian canon lawyer, described as the most influential canonist at the University of Bologna in the mid 12th century. He composed a ''Summa'' on Gratian Gratian (; la, Gratianus; 18 April 359 – 25 August 383) was emperor o ...

, 12th-century canon lawyer * Rufinus Widl (1731–1798), Benedictine monk *

Rufinus (Roman official) Rufinus was a Byzantine military officer and emissary of the 6th century, active during the reigns of emperors Anastasius I Dicorus (r. 491–518), Justin I (r. 518–527), and Justinian I (r. 527–565). Of Greek origin, he was the son and brot ...

5th-6th-centuries Byzantine military officer and emissary

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