Name
Aurea and Companions, martyrs of Ostia and Portus
Saint ID
S00898
Number in BH
BHL 808-809
Reported Death Not Before
200
Reported Death Not After
312
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Virgins
| ID | Title | E03244 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Aurea, Censurinus and Companions (martyrs of Ostia and Portus, S00898) reworks an earlier martyrdom account of these saints (E06531). Written presumably in Ostia, probably in the late 8th or first half of the 9th c. | E04926 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 21 August. | E04927 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 22 August. | E04928 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 August. | E06531 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Censurinus, Aurea and Companions (martyrs of Ostia and Portus, S00898) narrates the trial and martyrdom of the official Censurinus and the virgin Aurea, together with the bishop Quiriacus, the priest Maximus, the deacon Archelaus, and a number of other Christians and converts; their bodies are buried in different sites near Ostia and in Portus. The text is later reworked in a martyrdom account centred around Aurea (E03244). Written presumably in Ostia, at an uncertain date, perhaps in the 7th or 8th c. |
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