Vladimir Moss

17. SAINT AUGULUS, HIEROMARTYR BISHOP OF AUGUSTA

And those with him

In several early martyrologies we find the names of Bishop Augulus of Augusta, an unknown city in Britain, together with Anatolius, Andrew, Ammon, Nepotian, Saturninus, Lucius and Saturna, without any further details apart from the date of commemoration (February 7). We have stronger evidence for the martyrdom of Julius and Aaron in Caerleon in Wales – some churches in the vicinity are dedicated to them – who were probably killed in the Diocletian persecution (July 1). Also in the calendars are the names of the British martyrs Socrates and Stephen (September 17).

Holy Martyrs, pray to God for us!

(Sources: A.W. Haddan and W. Stubbs, Councils and Ecclesiastical Documents relating to Great Britain and Ireland, vol. 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1869, 1964, pp. 27–33; David Farmer, The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford University Press, 1987, pp. 244, 390)

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