Nonna
Life and witness
The same day, of St. Nonna, mother to St. Gregory Nazianzen.
The Lives Of The Saints: Volume 09, August · S. Nonna, Matr., Mother of S. Gregory Naziauzen ; circ. a.d. 374.
S. Nonna, Matr., Mother of S. Gregory Naziauzen ; circ. a.d. 374.
S. Oswald, K.M. in Northumbria ; a.d. 642.
S. Abel, B.C. at Lobbes in Hainault ; circ. a.d. 760. .
S. AFRA, M.
(A.D. 304).
CCORDING to tradition, not very trustworthy, Afra was a harlot living in Augsburg in the be- ginning of the fourth century. S. Narcissus, Bishop of Gerona (March 18), being driven from ' his see in the persecution of Diocletian, came to Augsburg, and lodged in the house of Afra. She and her mother Hilaria were converted and baptized by the bishop.
When the persecution of the Christians broke out in Rhsetia, Gaius, the judge, having learned that Afra was a Christian, ordered her to be brought before him. The fol-
1 The fact that before the 6th cent, the Martyrologies give S. Afra as a virgin and martyr proves that the “ Conversio ” was not then in existence.
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Biographical overview
Saint Nonna ou saint Onna ou saint Vougay ou saint Monna ou saint Vio fait partie des saints bretons plus ou moins mythiques non reconnus officiellement par l'église catholique.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Eodem die sanctae Nonnae, quae fuit mater beatorum Gregorii Nazianzeni, Caesarii et Gorgoniae.