Hilaria of Augsburg

Who they were

Hilaria appears in the acts of St Afra of Augsburg as the martyr's mother. With three converted servants she came by night to take Afra's body and bury it.

According to the acts, while they were still in the tomb soldiers were sent to make them sacrifice, and when they refused they were burnt alive inside it. Butler notes that the value of these acts is disputed, though Afra herself was certainly venerated at Augsburg from early times.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: she has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

Honoured as the mother of St Afra, burnt at her daughter's tomb.

Connected on this site

• Saint Afra Saint Child