Augusta

Saint Augusta was the wife of the Roman emperor Maximinus. When the emperor came to Alexandria she accompanied him and saw with her own eyes how Saint Catherine suffered for Christ. The emperor put Catherine to torture and then in prison. Queen Augusta, who had heard much about Catherine, wished to see her. She was amazed at the strength of the saint's soul, her face radiant with divine grace. Catherine explained the Christian teaching to the visitors, and they believed in the true God.

The next day the saint was brought out again for torture. She was threatened with the wheel and asked once more to deny Christ and sacrifice to the false gods. The saint again confessed the Savior boldly and approached the wheels herself, but an angel shattered the instruments of torture, and the scattered fragments killed many pagans. Seeing the miracle, Queen Augusta and the commander Porphyry, with two hundred soldiers, openly confessed faith in Christ, and all were put to death. The Church of Georgia commemorates her on 24 November (old style; 7 December new style).