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>Today (19. July) is the feast day of:
>
>Justa and Rufina (d. c. 303) The earliest evidence of this cult is from
>the sixth century. According to legend, Justa and Rufina were the
>daughters of a potter in Seville, who sold their father's wares in the
>marketplace. During a procession in Seville they mocked the images of the
>gods and proclaimed their Christian belief. Condemned to death, Justa is
>supposed to have been drowned in a spring, while Rufina was strangled.
>King Ferdinand III (the Saint) erected a church and convent of Augustinian
>canonesses over the site of their martyrdom.
>
And on 10 July we celebrated Rufina and Secunda:
>Rufina and Secunda (d. c. 260) The sisters Rufina and Secunda are supposed
>to have both abandoned the men to whom they were betrothed, because their
>fiances had lapsed from the Christian faith. The two women fled from Rome,
>but were captured at the outskirts of the city, were prosecuted as
>Christians under the laws of Emperor Valerian, were tortured and eventually
>beheaded. A strong cult developed at the tomb at the ninth milestone on
>the Via Cornelia.
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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