Aurelia of Regensburg
Aurelia von Regensburg († October 15, 1027 ) was a recluse at the Benedictine monastery of St. Emmeram near Regensburg for more than 50 years . She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church . According to legend, she was the daughter of the French king Hugo Capet .
Aurelia is said to have evaded Christians' persecution by pagans and fled from Fußach to Lindau "to the castle". The Aurelia Chapel was later built at this point .
Her bones are said to be in a high grave built in 1330 in the monastery church of St. Emmeram. A Roman tombstone with her name had previously been discovered there.
literature
- Ekkart Sauser : Aurelia. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 43-44.
Individual evidence
- ^ Werner Dobras: Lindau personalities . In: Museumsverein Lindau e. V. (Ed.): New Year's Gazette 26 of the Lindau Museum Association . 1981.
Web links
- Entry in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- Blessed Aurelia, virgin . From: BAVARIA SANCTA - Lives of the saints and blessed of the Bavarian region for instruction and edification for the Christian people - edited by Dr. Modestus Jocham, Professor of Theology and Archbishop's Spiritual Counselor - With the approval of the Most Reverend Archbishop's Ordinariate Munich - Freising, (1861)
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| SURNAME | Aurelia of Regensburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German saint of French origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century or 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 15, 1027 |