Rufinus of Aquileia

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Rufinus of Aquileia was a 4th–5th century Christian theologian, translator, and historian best known for his Latin translations of Greek theological works and his influential writings on early monasticism and church history.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theologian
Late Antique writer
Latin Church Father
church historian
translator
activeYears early 5th century
late 4th century
associatedWith Aquileia
Jerome
Origenist controversy
birthDate c. 345
birthPlace Concordia Sagittaria
citizenship Roman Empire
deathDate c. 410
deathPlace Sicily
educatedAt monastic circles in Egypt
monastic circles in Palestine
era Late Antiquity
fieldOfWork biblical translation
church history
monastic literature
theology
hasConflictWith Jerome
influenced Latin monastic literature
Latin reception of Origen
Western understanding of early church history
influencedBy Egyptian monasticism
Eusebius of Caesarea
Origen
knownFor Latin translations of Greek theological works
translation of Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
translation of Origen’s works
writings on church history
writings on early monasticism
language Greek
Latin
notableWork Apology against Jerome
Commentary on the Apostles’ Creed
Ecclesiastical History
surface form: Historia ecclesiastica (continuation of Eusebius)

Latin translation of Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Latin translation of Origen’s De principiis
Latin translation of Origen’s Homilies
Latin translation of the Recognitions (Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions)
Latin translation of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers (Historia monachorum)
positionHeld priest
religion Christianity
residence Aquileia
Egypt
Palestine
Rome
Sicily
theologicalTradition Nicene Christianity

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Origen influenced Rufinus of Aquileia
Desert Fathers legacyDocumentedBy Rufinus of Aquileia
Nitria visitedBy Rufinus of Aquileia