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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:

His name was inserted at a later date in an old manuscript of the "Martyrol. Hieronym." (ed. cit., 140).

References

1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
2. St. Rufus of Metz - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
3. Kirsch, Johann Peter (1913). "Sts. Rufus" . Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13, see para (5).

• Bishops of Metz
• 4th-century Christian saints
• 4th-century bishops in Gaul