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St. Rufus and Carpophorus

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Feastday: August 27
Death: 295

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Martyrs of whom little is known with certainty. They were put to death at Capua, Italy, during the persecutions under Emperor Diocletian. Rufus was supposedly a deacon and not a bishop, although he is considered the same person as St. Rufus, listed in the pre-1970 Roman Martyrology as bishop of Capua, while Carpophorus is unknown.

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