Rufinus of Aquileia

Tyrannius Rufinus (c. 344/345–410/411) was a Latin monk, scholar, and prolific translator born at Concordia Sagittaria near Aquileia in northern Italy. He studied theology in Alexandria under Didymus the Blind, spent nearly two decades as a monk and priest on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem alongside Melania the Elder, then returned to Italy where he produced influential Latin translations of Origen, Basil, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Eusebius. His close friendship with Jerome, forged at Aquileia, famously collapsed into bitter controversy over Origen's orthodoxy. He died in Sicily while fleeing the Gothic invasions of Italy.