Saint Aurea

Also known as

• Aura

Memorial

• 19 July

Profile

Raised Muslim during the period of Moorish occupation of Spain. Married. Widow. Convert to Christianity. Nun at Cuteclara for 20 years. She was eventually denounced as a Christian by her family to Muslim religious authorities and killed for the crime of converting. Martyr.

Born

• Cordoba, Spain

Died

• beheaded in 856

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aurea”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 June 2010. Web. 25 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-aurea/>