Aukta from Cologne

Aukta von Köln (sometimes also Auta) is a companion of St. Ursula , with whom she is said to have suffered martyrdom. Her feast day is September 12th. Their relics were under Emperor I. Maximilian of Lisbon in the Convention transferred to Our Lady.

Aukta can be seen in Portuguese depictions of the martyrdom of the 11,000 virgins and the transfer of their relics .

literature

• Engelbert Kirschbaum (first), Wolfgang Braunfels (ed.): Lexicon of Christian iconography . Herder Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau a. a. 1968-1976, vol. 5, p. 290.