Oswald
Martyrological notice
In England, of St. Oswald, king, whose acts are recounted by Venerable Bede, priest.
The Lives Of The Saints: Volume 09, August · S. Oswald, K.M. in Northumbria ; a.d. 642.
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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lowing account of the examination and martyrdom of S. Afra is probably in the main genuine.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
In Anglia sancti Oswaldi Regis, cujus gesta sanctus Beda Venerabilis commemorat.