October 4
Aurea or Oriana (+666)
Nun
Practical advice
In a spirit of service, offer a small sacrifice for a hidden intention, remembering that holiness is built in the ordinary.
Biography
Because of her many virtues, Saint Eloy placed this saint at the head of the great monastery founded by him in Paris in the year 633, which soon had three hundred nuns. Saint Aurea died, with a hundred of her nuns, due to a plague epidemic that devastated Paris in the year 666.
Example of
PrayerObedienceConsecrated life