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92 02 ST. AUGUSTICIA Somewhere daring that time lived Man- drucco, father of Augusta, and ruler of part of the territory of Friuli. He fixed his residence at Serravalle, and had a palace and fortress on a rock, since called by the pious natives St. Augusta. Man- drucco would have been great had he not tarnished his fame by the murder of his daughter. Incensed at her conver- sion to Christianity, he subjected her to sundry tortures. She was suspended over a fire between two trees. The fire iailed to injure her. He then tried in vain to have her broken on a wheel ; and, finally, had her beheaded. A. Minucci, Vita di Santa Augtuta Vergine e Martire^ Venice, 1754. AA,SS. St. Aug^sticia, or Auoustina, May 8, M. at Constantinople, with St. Aca- cius. See Agatha. AAJSS. St. Aug^stina, Auousticia. St Aularia, Eulalia of Barcelona. St. Aulaye, Eulalia of Barcelona. St. Aulazie, Eulalla of Barcelona. St. Aunes. St. Agnes is so called in Languedoc. St. Aupaies, AlpaKs of Cndot. St. Aura, Aubea of Paris. St. Aurea (l), or Chbysb (Golden^, Aug. 24, V. M. 3rd century. Bepre- sented, in Callot's Inmgea, being thrown into the sea with a groat stone tied to her neck. A lady of high rank and imperial descent, tortured and drowned at Ostia, in the reign of Claudiua Her body was washed ashore, and bi^ried by St Nonnus. Many other martyrs are commemorated with her, amongst them her slave Sabinian. B.M. Stilting thinks she is the same as Aubea (3). AA.SS. St. Aurea (2), July 14, M. at Cor- dova, under Nero. The town of Soria, or Santoria, on the Douro, is named after this saint, or St. Aubelia (2), or St. Auria. St. Aurea (3), Sept. o, M. about 252. Patron of Ostia. Aurea appears to have been one of those women who, during the persecutions, used to visit the Christians in prison, and in every pos- sible way minister to the needs of the su£fering followers of Christ. She ac- companied St Maximus, a Christian priest, and his deacon Arohelaus when they went to visit the prefect Censurinus, who was imprisoned at Ostia. While they were all praying together and sing- ing hymns, the fetters of the prisoner were suddenly unloosed. Seeing this miracle, the guards were converted. Seventeen of them were baptized by St. Maximus. St. Aurea was godmother. Soon afterwards St. Cyriacus, the bishop, confirmed them in the Faith. The new converts led a holy life, after the rule of the early Church, and many miracles were done by them. When the Emperor heard that they had raised the dead to life, he said they were using magic arts, and had them all apprehended and com- manded to sacrifice to the gods. Cruel tortures were used to compel them to do 80 ; and at last they were led to the arch that stood in front of the theatre, and there beheaded. The Christians buried them, and raised a monument at Ostia to their memory. This story agrees with secular history wherever the comparison can be made. Stilting thinks this is the true story of the St. Aurea who in other fictitious Acts is said to have been thrown into the sea. AA.SS. St Aurea (4), or Aureus, May 20, M. at Borne or Ostia. Commemorated with SS. Basila and Nusga. St. Aurea (5), July 22, M. at An- tioch. St Aurea (6), Oct. 31, V. M. (Ad- visa, Avia; in French Aveze, Avoie, Eve). Daughter of St. Gekesina, Queen of Sicily. Sister of SS. Babilia, Vic- tobia, Julia (24), and Adrian. Niece of St. Dakia. Cousin of St. Ursula, and companion of her famous journey and martyrdom. St. Aurea (7), or Aura, Oct. 4. "f 66i). Patron of Paris. Represented (1) with the corpse of the cellarer whom she raised to life ; (2) holding a nail, in allusion to her penance. Born in Syria. Her parents were Maurinus and Quiretia, Christians. After their death she gave herself up to religious austerities for a time in her own country, until, finding too many ties to the world among her friends and acquaintances, she took ship without informing them of her design, and arrived in France during the reign of Dagobert, the seventh king of the