St. Augusta
Augusta of Treviso
Feast day: March 27
Death: 5th century
Virgin martyr, the daughter of the duke of Friuli, in Italy.
Saint Augusta's conversion to Christianity so enraged her father, the Teuton duke of Friuli, that he killed her with his own hand. She had an early cultus at Serravalle, near Treviso, in northern Italy . Augusta's emblem in art is a sword. She is generally pictured on her funeral pyre holding a sword. Sometimes the image includes her father who is killing her like Saint Barbara, who is more likely to be the saint portrayed in this way or with a wheel like Saint Catherine of Alexandria. She is venerated in Serravalle
Augusta of Treviso
Feast day: March 27
Death: 5th century
Virgin martyr, the daughter of the duke of Friuli, in Italy.
Saint Augusta's conversion to Christianity so enraged her father, the Teuton duke of Friuli, that he killed her with his own hand. She had an early cultus at Serravalle, near Treviso, in northern Italy . Augusta's emblem in art is a sword. She is generally pictured on her funeral pyre holding a sword. Sometimes the image includes her father who is killing her like Saint Barbara, who is more likely to be the saint portrayed in this way or with a wheel like Saint Catherine of Alexandria. She is venerated in Serravalle
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