Aurelia of Strasbourg
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Also known as Aurelia of Ratisbon
Saint Aurelia is a tenth-century Roman Catholic Austrian
saint
.
She was a princess, member of the royal family of Hugh Capet, who became a hermitess to escape marriage. She spent more than fifty years as a recluse in Salzburg, Austria, in a Benedictine
abbey. Only Bishop Wolfgang of Ratisbon knew that she was even alive.
Her feast day is celebrated on October 15.
Her name of Latin origin means "Golden".
Saint Aurelia is a tenth-century Roman Catholic Austrian
Austrians
Austrians are a nation and ethnic group, consisting of the population of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states who share a common Austrian culture and Austrian descent....
saint
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
.
She was a princess, member of the royal family of Hugh Capet, who became a hermitess to escape marriage. She spent more than fifty years as a recluse in Salzburg, Austria, in a Benedictine
Benedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
abbey. Only Bishop Wolfgang of Ratisbon knew that she was even alive.
Her feast day is celebrated on October 15.
Her name of Latin origin means "Golden".