Rufinus of Aquileia (Ps.)

Rufinus of Aquileia (345 ? - 410)

Tyrranius Rufinus was born in Concordia, not far from Aquileia, around 345, and completed his studies in Rome, where he stayed for ten years, becoming well acquainted with Jerome. After a few years in a monastery in Aquileia, he went to Egypt. There he met Melania the Elder, with whom he left for Palestine. He returned to Egypt to attend the school of Didymus and finally returned to Palestine around 380 to found a monastery. In 397, he moved to Rome and, in 401, to Aquileia, where he devoted himself to translating the works of Origen to defend him against accusations of heresy. Fleeing the Goths, he arrived in Sicily around 410, where he died.