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Venerable

Aurea of Paris

Abbess of Saint Martial's in Paris, reposed around 666.

Feast
October 4old style October 17
Reposed
6667th century
Place
St Martial

Life

Saint Aurea of Paris was a Syrian by birth. She moved to France and became abbess of the monastery of Saint Martial in Paris, where she remained for thirty-⁠three years. She reposed in 666. She is commemorated on 4 October, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of her life.

Commemorated the same day October 4