- RABBULASbishop of Edessa, 412-435.
- RACIMIR[Surnrura.]
- RADEGUNDIS, STqueen of Clotaire I-and founder of the nunnery of Sainte-Croix, at. Poitiers, was the daughter of a Thuringian prince na
- RADOeleventh abbat of St. Vedastus at Arras A.D. 795-815, and archicancellarius of Charles the Great (Mabillon, De re Dipl.
- RAETHUN(Kemb. 177, 210.) [Reraun.]
- RAGNEMODUS(Raenmmopus, RaymonD), twenty-first bishop of Paris, was deacon and priest under St. Germanus, whom he succeeded @. A.D,
- RATBOD(Ravzop), duke of Frisia, was a powerful chief at war against Pippin and Charles Martel and opposed the spread of Christ
- RAURACIUS(Ravracus), ninth bishop of Nevers, belongs to the middle of the seventh century. He was at the council of Chalons a.p.
- RAVENNIUSarchbishop of Arles' in succession to Hilary. Gall. Christ. (i. 531) numbers him as fifteenth bishop, but Gams (Ser. Bpi
- REATHUN(Kemble, C. D. 209.) [Reruun.] RECCARED (1) I. (the uniform spelling
- RECCARED(2) ILj-succeeded his father — SISEBUT in A.D, 621, being then a minor, and died a few days afterwards. (Isidorus, de Re
- RECCESVINTHspelt always with double ¢ in coins (Heiss, Monnaies des Rois Visigoths, 121) and inscriptions (Hiibner, Insc. Hisp. Chr
- RECHIMIR(Ricrmer), bishop of Dumium, signs seventh among the suffragans, preceding nineteen others, at the seventh council of To
- REDEMPTUSa disciple of St. Isidore of Seville, mentioned as a cleric (Pat, Lat, Ixxxi. 17, 30, 33, 34, 139) and addressed as an a
- REDUXbishop of Naples, 4.p. 581. When Naples was attacked by the Lombards in that year he caused a copy of the excerpta ex op
- REDWALD(REDUALD, RaupwaLp, ReopWALD), king of the East Angles. He was the son of Tytla, son of Wuffa, the first East Anglian ki
- REDWULFbishop, among the spurious' signatures to the council Clovesho in 742 (Kemble, C. D. 87), Haddan and Stubbs (iii. 342) c
- REGINUScount, probably in Africa, about the close of the 5th century, had written some letters, now lost, to Fulgentius of Rusp
- REGULUS(Rtte), abbat or bishop, the leading character in the Scottish Legend of St. Andrew, and in the foundation of the town a
- REMACLUS, STtenth bishop of Maestricht, between St. Amandus and St. Theodardus,
- REMIGIUS(1), bishop [Ocravius (4) ],
- RENATUS(1), a monk and layman, of
- RENOVATUSbishop of Merida, is known only by the De Vita Patrum LEmeritensium, ch, 2, 21, ascribed to Paulus Diaconus (in Lisp. Sa
- REOLUS(Recunus, RievL), twenty-sixth bishop of Rheims. He had aided Nivardus in ithe administration of the see, and c. 672 bec
- REPARATUS(1), bishop of Carthage, succeeded Bonifacius, probably in A.D. 533; but if there be any truth in the story of a movemen
- REPOSTUSCyp. Zp. 59, xiii. A lapsed bishop of African see uncertain, but probably Tuburnuc, Tuburnica, a small municipium,
- RESTITUTUS(1), bishop of London at the council of Arles in 314, [Eporzus (1).] (Godwin, De Praesulibus, 1743, p, 170; Stubbs, Reg.
- RETICIUS, ST(Rericrvs, Ruoerrictrvs), bishop of Autun, in the early part of the 4th century. An account is given of him, but more fr
- RHAIS(HeRaIs), Sep. 5, virgin and martyr at Alexandria in the persecution of Diocletian under Culcianus, at first president o
- RHEGINUSbishop of Constantia in Cyprus, and Metropolitan, who attended the council of Ephesus, 431, and at the seventh session s
- RHETORIUS, RHETORIANTaccording to Philaster (Haer. 91) an Egyptian who praised all heresies, asserting that all walked rightly and that none
- RHODANIUSfourth bishop of Toulouse,
- RHODO(2), one of the seven emissaries sent by Peter of Alexandria to watch for a favourable opportunity for carrying out the
- RHYSTUDap Hywel, Welsh saint of the 6th century, and patron of Llanrhystud, Cardigan-shire. His feast was on the Tuesday before
- RIAGHAIL(RrAcam, Recuivs), abbat of Muicinis on Lough Derg in the Shannon, commemorated on Oct. 16 (IZ. Doneg.). He was contempo
- RICBODUS(Ricuzopus, RieBopus), Archbishop of Tréves, and called Macartus by Aleuin. He was monk at Milan, and promoted to the se
- RICHARIUS, STthe founder and first abbat of the, Benedictine monastery of Centule (which, with its adjoining town, afterwards took hi
- RICHBERTUS(RieEsertvs), thirty-ninth bishop of Mayence c. A.D, 712. (Gall. Chr. v. 437.) [J. G.]
- RICIMERpatrician, the most powerful man in the western empire for the sixteen years that preceded his death in August, A.D. 472
- RICTRUDIS(1) (Rorrupis), abbess of Marchiennes, known to us through a Life written by Hucbald, monk of Elno, ce. A.D. 907 (Hucbal
- RICULAsister of Ethelbert, king of Kent, and wife of Sledda, king of the East Saxons, by whom she was mother of Sebert, the fi
- RICULFUS(RicuvLrvs), third archbishop of Mainz, between St. Lullus and Atulphus or _ Haistulphus (4.D. 787-813), was one of the
- RIGOBERTUStwenty-seventh bishop of Rheims, was closely related to Reolus and succeeded him at the close of the eighth century: his
- RINGANbishop of Whithern. [Ninran.] RIOCATUS (RiocHarus), Breton bishop, who had been sent by Faustus of Riez to Clermont, wit
- RIPARIUSa learned presbyter of Aquitaine, in the beginning of the 5th century, and friend of Desiderius (q.v.), known to us from
- RIQUIER, ST[Rrcwarivs.]
- RODERICUSlast Gothic king of Spain, is one of those persons whose prominence in legend contrasts strongly with the meagreness of
- RODING(Roury, CHRAUDINGUS), patron of Beaulieu, between Verdun and St. Menehould. He was an Irish Scot, who went from Ireland
- ROGATIANUS(2), Cyp. Zp. 3. A bishop who appeals against his contumacious deacon to the authority of Cyprian. [E. W. B.]
- ROGATUS(D, African bishop in Syn. Carth, 2 sub Cyp. A.D. 252, Cyp. Hp. 57. [E. W. B.]
- ROMANIANUSa wealthy citizen of Tagaste, where, as well as at Carthage, he possessed a house and other property. He shewed great ki
- ROMANUS(1), one of the seven martyrs of Samosata in the persecution of Diocletian. [Hreparcuvs.] / [G. T. S.J
- ROMULA(1). (SEvERINA.]
- ROMULFUStwentieth bishop of Rheims, succeeded on the removal of Egidius, c. A.D. 590 [Eerprus] (Greg. Tur. Hist. Franc. x. ¢. 19
- ROMULUS(1), March 24, subdeacon of Diospolis and martyr, with seven others, at Caesarea, under the president Urban, in the Dioc
- RONAN(1), hermit and bishop at Leon and Quimper in the 6th or 7th century. Boll, (Acta SS. Jun. 1, i. 80-2) have De 8. Ronano
- ROSCIAdaughter of Sidonius Apollinaris, who in a letter to his wife Papanilla (Zp. 16), speaks of the good health of Roscia, w
- ROTERIUSa native of Agde, born in the reign of Reccared, king of the Goths, and the author of a history detailing the ravages wh
- ROTRUDIS[Rrorrupis (1).]
- RUADHAN(Ruapay, Ruan, Ruopanus, Rourrituus, hurrinus, Roapanus, CANDANUs), abbat of Lorrha, co. Tipperary, one of the twelve sa
- RUDBERTUS[Rurertus.]
- RUFFIANAan unmarried relative of Gregory Nazianzen, to whom in his will he bequeathed an annual pension, as well as the - choice
- RUFINAfourth daughter of Paula, the friend of Jerome, She was of marriageable age when her mother left Rome for Palestine, and
- RUFINIANUS(1), an Egyptian bishop addressed by St. Athanasius. He had written, asking about the reconciliation of repentant Arians
- RUFINUSRoman deacon and confessor A.D. 250. See Moysms, Cyp. Zp. 31, tit. 32. + [E. W. B.]
- RUFUS(1), first bishop of Avignon, said to have been appointed by St. Paul, and still honoured as such at Avignon, where his
- RULE, ST[Rzevtus.]
- RUMOLDUS(Rumonpus, Rumponp, RuMALDUS), called bishop of Dublin, and martyr at Mechlin in Belgium. His legend is full of uncertai
- RUPERTUS(Rosertus, RupBERTUus, RupPERTUS), bishop of Worms and Salzburg, and Apostle of Bavaria, belongs to the noble band of Ch
- RURICIUS(4) L, thirteenth - bishop of Wimoges between Petrus I., if he belonged to this 'see, and Ruricius II, in the latter hal
- RUSTICApatrician lady of Naples, mentioned in two letters of Gregory the Great (Epp. iii. 63; ix. 24). From them it appears she
- RUSTICIANA(1), daughter of Symmachus the patrician, and wife of Boethius, who praises her highly (De Cons. ii. Pr. 4). After the d
- RUSTICIANUS(Rusticanvs), a young subdeacon, who, being excommunicated by the presbyter under whom he served, on account of his misc
- RUSTICULA, STabbess of the convent of St. Caesarius at Arles. She belonged to a noble family at Vaison in Provence, and at a tender a
- RUSTICULASNovatianist bishop at Rome when pope Celestine proscribed their services [Cortusrinus (1) ] (Socrates, H. £. vii. c. 11)
- RUSTICUS(1) Q. JUNIUS, cos. suff. under Hadrian, cos. ord. for second time A.D. 162, Prefect of the City under Marcus Aurelius,