Rusticus

Rusticus is a Latin adjective meaning "rural, simple, rough or clownish" and can refer to:

Animals

  • Aedes rusticus, a European mosquito
  • Rusty crayfish (Orconectes rusticus)
  • Urozelotes rusticus, a ground spider
  • a synonym of the butterfly genus Plebejus

People

Saints and martyrs

  • Saint Rusticus of Narbonne (died c. 461)
  • Saint Rusticus (Archbishop of Lyon) (c. 455–501)
  • One of the martyred companions of Saint Denis (3rd century)
  • Martyr of Verona (died c. 290): see Firmus and Rusticus

Other people

  • Fabius Rusticus, 1st-century historian of ancient Rome
  • Arulenus Rusticus, (c. 35–93 AD) consul executed by Domitian
  • Flavius Rusticus Helpidius, 5th-century Latin poet
  • Junius Rusticus, 2nd-century Stoic philosopher, consul, and friend of Marcus Aurelius
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