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My books of saints come up with two saints named Rufina, as well as one
Rufinus. I've been assuming that they're all part of the same gens. But I
hope somebody on the list will know---when (if ever) did Roman naming
practices for daughters get more interesting? I know the classical form:
Marcus Tullius Cicero has a daughter, so her name is automatically Tullia;
if there's a second daughter, name is Tullia, third daughter----Tullia, and
that families seem to have used nicknames to tell them apart.
Phyllis
>
>Is Rufina a family name (ie the daughter of the Rufini) in which case were
>these women each the elder/eldest daughter, or was one named after the
>other (early piety) or is there another explanation? How many more SS
>Rufina are there? Do we know? I ask because I had never encountered the
>name until a few years ago and now here it is popping up everywhere.
>
>With best wishes,
>Pat McIntosh-Spinnler
>
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