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
Normandy (; french: link=no, Normandie ; nrf, Normaundie, Nouormandie ; from Old French , plural of ''Normant'', originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in Northwestern ...
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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
St Augustine's Abbey, Ramsgate
St Augustine's Abbey or Ramsgate Abbey is a former Benedictine abbey in Ramsgate. It was built in 1860 by Augustus Pugin and is a Grade II listed building. It was the first Benedictine monastery to be built in England since the Reformation. In ...
wrote in their ''Book of Saints'' (1921),
Butler's account
The hagiographer
Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.
Biography
Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died when ...
(1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints'' under February 7,
O'Hanlon's views
John O'Hanlon (1821–1905) in his ''Lives of the Irish Saints'' discusses "Saint Augulus, Augurius, or Augulius, Bishop of Augusta, in Britain.
'Third or Fourth Century'' under February 7.
He notes that no ''Acts of Augurius'' exist, although various writers have alluded to him and place his festival at the 7th of February.
He is said to have been of Irish origin and to have presided over Augusta, in Brittany, which may have been the name for London.
Possibly Augusta could have been some other place, such as York.
O'Hanlon continues,
O'Hanlon discusses other disagreements among the various sources, and concludes,
Notes
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