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Aurea of Ostia
Christian martyr and patron saint of Ostia
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 24 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
250
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Ostia in Lazio, Saint Aurea, martyr.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 20 May as a martyr near Ostia.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 20 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q15217501 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Aurea of Ostia (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.