Many data are retained in the life of the early saints and martyrs of the Catholic church have been constantly challenged. Even some states that never existed. The data that we have come from the story of St. Afra of Augsburg mixed reality and legend. But it is clear that in the fourth century there was a woman in those territories that were burned by their Christian beliefs.
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Augusta St. Afra is cited in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum as a martyr who suffered religious persecution of Emperor Diocletian. During the government of the so-called Tetrarchy, Maximian had taken over the western provinces of the empire, among which included the Roman province of Rhtia, which was the city of Augusta. Maximian continued the policy of persecution of the Christian religion begun by Diocletian.
From prostitute to martyr
Afra came from a family that had moved from Cyprus to Augsburg. This began in the worship of the goddess Venus and was delivered as a prostitute in the service of this Roman goddess.
seems that his conversion came from the hand of Saint Narcissus, Bishop of Gerona who had fled from the provinces of Hispania which were also being carried out persecution against Christians. Afra's family gave holy asylum who convinced the young man who was to become the new faith.
Leaving the temple of Venus, the Roman rulers were quickly in their search. Upon receiving a negative response by Afra, their fate could only be a death sentence. Afra accepted his martyrdom and was burned alive in a small island in the river Lech. According to some sources, his mother and his three servants were also burned.
St. Afra's remains were later deposited in the church of Saints Ulrich and Afra, become a center of worship. The day of St. Afra held on 7 August.
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