The publication of Dr. Lynn Thorndike's edition of Rufinus affords striking evidence, however, that in thirteenth century Italy, at all events, there was a growing interest in plants themselves as ...

Polytypic. Length 15–19"; wingspan 37–42". A medium-size buteo with rounded wing tips that do not reach the tip of the tail. Adult: brown above with lighter feather edges and some streaking on ...

The conversion of Georgia by Saint Nina is reported in the Church histories of Rufinus, Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodoret: Rufinus, writing less than a hundred years after Saint Nina, said that he ...

and Rufinus. The church's debt to this brilliant, prolific, and influential scholar-monk is immense. Jerome was a thunderbolt, however, and conflict was a hallmark of his career. Indeed ...

Another aristocratic Roman matron, Melania the Elder, settled with Jerome's friend Rufinus on the Mount of Olives and helped him oversee a double monastery for men and women. Melania also visited ...

Little is known of his life. We gather information concerning him from his younger contemporaries, Epiphanius, Jerome, and Rufinus, as well as from the fifth-century historians, Socrates ...

The tombstone dedicated to standard bearer Lucius Duccius Rufinus, who died here, is also on display in the museum. “It’s my favourite thing about the Ninth Legion,” says Natalie.