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Saint Aurelia of Strasbourg was a 4th-century saint whose tomb in Strasbourg became the centre of a popular cult in the Middle Ages.According to the legend Aurelia accompanied Saint Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins from Roman Britain to Cologne where they were favourably received by Aquilin bishop of the place. From Cologne they traveled to Basel. From Basel the travelers descended the Rhine to Strasbourg where St Aurelia succumbed to a violent fever dying after a few days.