Aurea Galla (baptized Christina)
Daughter of slaves from the War of the Gauls, she was raised on an island, with others, in a true "stud farm" to be destined for the pleasures of their masters. Barely into puberty, she was bought, for a large sum, by Ennius, an idle and debauched Roman who wanted to make her the highlight of an orgy. Jesus obtained her release through the intervention of Claudia and Valeria. Aurea, traumatized by the prospect that awaited her, became seriously ill and came close to death. She was taken to Nazareth to Mary, who negotiated with Valeria to have her entrusted to Myrtha and Naomi.[1] Jesus, who healed her of her deadly terror, gave her a new name, that of a disciple of the Christ: Christiane. It is with her that Bartholomew made his first steps as a catechist.[2]
Jesus spared her the sight of His Passion by keeping her away from Jerusalem.[3]
Character and Appearance[edit | edit source]
About 13 years old. Thick honey-blond hair. A little girl barely reaching the threshold of puberty, almost still a child, with the somewhat immature beauty of adolescence, an innocent look.
Apostolic Journey[edit | edit source]
Witness to the Resurrection
Completely unWorship and frightened when she was taken in by Jesus: She was entirely pagan, and even more than pagan. The master who raised her kept her in absolute nothingness: a little wild beast... Only an object of pleasure.
She evolved in contact with Mary in Nazareth until she wished to become a disciple: "I feel that I will remain in Israel... to know more and more this Father who is mine... And... to be the first disciple from Gaul. At the mention of the Redemption, she inflames: For me too all this!... How much I cost and how much I love you for what I cost you! Oh! Mother of my God, bless me so that the price I cost you does not remain without fruit..."
Her name[edit | edit source]
Aurea comes from "gold".
Where is she mentioned in the work?[edit | edit source]
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Learn more about this character[edit | edit source]
An Aurea, martyred in the early days at Ostia, is mentioned. The source would be the "Acts of Aurea". We have not been able to verify the links between this source and Aurea Galla mentioned in Maria Valtorta. Some sources place the saint in the 3rd century, others admit their ignorance.
Notes and references[edit | edit source]
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