Saint Aureus of Mainz
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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.
- bishop at the altar being murdered by Huns
- with Saint Justina of Mainz
Additional Information
- Catholic Online
- For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
