Augulus

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. 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 Ramsgate wrote in their Book of Saints (1921),

Butler's account The hagiographer Alban Butler (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 7 February. He is said to have been of Irish origin and to have presided over Augusta, in Britain, 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,

Other accounts John Morris described him—using the name Augurius—as Bishop of London and as one of the Catholic hardliners stripped of their offices following the Council of Ariminum in 359. Canon Frederick Edward Warren wrote in The Cambridge Medieval History that there was "no early authority" for Augulus and two other British martyrs "and nothing is known of their histories."