Saint Aurea

Memorial

• 4 October

Profile

Immigrated from Syria to France. Nun. Served as abbess of Saint Martial in Paris, France for 33 years. Died with 160 of her sisters during a plague epidemic.

Born

• Syria

Died

• 666 of plague
• buried in the church of Saint Paul outside the city walls of Paris, France

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. 4 August 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-aurea/>