Augulus
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Saint Augulus (or Augurius, Augustus, Aule, Ouil) was a 3rd or 4th century bishop and martyr in a town called Augusta in Britain, or perhaps in Normandy. He was possibly Irish in origin. Little is known about him, but his feast day is given as 7 February.
Saint Augulus (or Augurius, Augustus, Aule, Ouil) was a 3rd or 4th century bishop and martyr in a town called Augusta in Britain, or perhaps in Normandy. He was possibly Irish in origin. Little is known about him, but his feast day is given as 7 February. ==Monks of Ramsgate account== The Monks of Ramsgate wrote in their Book of Saints (1921), ==Butler's account== The hagiographer Alban Butler (1710–1773) wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints under February 7, ==Other accounts== John Morris described him—using the name Augurius—as Bishop of London and as one of the Catholic hardliners stripped of their offices following the Council of Ariminum in 359. Canon Frederick Edward Warren wrote in The Cambridge Medieval History that there was "no early authority" for Augulus and two other British martyrs "and nothing is known of their histories." ==Notes== ==Sources==
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