Saint Aureus of Mainz

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• 16 June

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Brother of Saint Justina of Mainz. Bishop of Mainz, Germany. When the Huns attacked Mainz, Aureus fled briefly into exile, but returned. While celebrating Mass in the cathedral, he, his sister and everyone else there were massacred during the Liturgy of the Eucharist. Martyr.

Died

• in the cathedral of Mainz, Germany while celebrating Mass

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• bishop at the altar being murdered by Huns
• with Saint Justina of Mainz

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Aureus of Mainz”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 August 2012. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-aureus-of-mainz/>