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St. Aurea, Mar. 11

 
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Aurea lived with her parents in the eleventh century in Villavelayo, during the Moorish occupation of Spain. She liked reading the lives of the saints and Scripture. She became a Benedictine nun at the convent of San Millán de la Cogolla, but she had only spent a little while at the convent when she fell ill and died around 1069, aged 27.
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  1. Melissa H-KMarch 12, 2020 at 5:05 AM

    What's her patronage, if she has one?

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  2. Meg Hunter-KilmerMarch 12, 2020 at 8:27 AM

    I was really expecting her to be a martyr!

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    1. RosieMarch 15, 2020 at 6:12 AM

      You know, I dunno if there are any martyrs from her place and time.—John Paul

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