Aurelia
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Aurelia is a feminine given name
. It was the name given to women of the gens
Aurelia in ancient Rome. Aurelia may refer to:
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
. It was the name given to women of the gens
Gens
In ancient Rome, a gens , plural gentes, referred to a family, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a stirps . The gens was an important social structure at Rome and throughout Italy during the...
Aurelia in ancient Rome. Aurelia may refer to:
Ancient
- A woman of the gens Aurelia of ancient Rome
- Annia Aurelia Galeria LucillaLucillaAnnia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla was the second daughter and third child of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger and an elder sister to future Roman Emperor Commodus....
, second daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius - Aurelia CottaAurelia CottaAurelia Cotta or Aurelia was the mother of Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar .-Family:...
, mother of Julius Caesar - Aurelia of Lebanon, guardian of the Cedar Mountains in Lebanon around 17 B.C.
- Aurelia of StrasbourgAurelia of StrasbourgAlso known as Aurelia of RatisbonSaint Aurelia is a tenth-century Roman Catholic Austrian saint.She was a princess, member of the royal family of Hugh Capet, who became a hermitess to escape marriage. She spent more than fifty years as a recluse in Salzburg, Austria, in a Benedictine abbey...
, saint
Modern
- Aurélia de SouzaAurélia de SouzaAurélia de Souza was a Portuguese painter.She was born in Valparaíso, Chile. Her parents were emigrants in Brazil and Chile, but they moved back to Porto, Portugal, in 1869. She studyed at the Fine-Arts Academy of Porto, since 1893, where she was a pupil of João Marques de Oliveira, who greatly...
, Portuguese painter - Aurelia DobreAurelia DobreAurelia Dobre is a former artistic gymnast from Romania, who was the 1987 World Champion. She is still held in high esteem by many gymnastics fans today for her clean technique as well as balletic and artistic flair...
, gymnast from Romania - Aurelia PentónAurelia PentónAurelia Catalina Pentón Conde is a retired track and field athlete from Cuba, who competed in the 400 and 800 metres during her career. She twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1968 and 1972....
, Cuban track and field athlete - Aurelia PlathAurelia PlathAurelia Plath was the wife of Otto Emile Plath, mother of the American poet, Sylvia Plath, and a son, Warren, and the grandmother of Frieda Hughes and Nicholas Hughes...
, mother of American poet Sylvia Plath - Aurelia Tizón, first wife of Argentine president Juan Perón
- Aurelia TrywianskaAurelia TrywiańskaAurelia Trywiańska-Kollasch is a Polish hurdler. She finished fifth at the 2003 World Championships, the 2006 European Championships and the 2006 World Cup. She also competed in the 2004 Olympics, but did not progress from her heat...
, Polish hurdler
Science
- Aurelia (genus)Aurelia (genus)Aurelia is a genus of scyphozoan jellyfish . There are at least 13 species in the genus Aurelia including many that are still not formally described...
, genus of jellyfish in the Ulmaridae family- Aurelia auritaAurelia auritaAurelia aurita is one of a group of more than ten morphologically nearly identical jellyfish species in the genus Aurelia...
, also known as the moon jelly - Aurelia labiataAurelia labiataAurelia labiata is a form of Moon Jellyfish belonging to the genus Aurelia. It is a cnidarian of the Ulmaridae family. They are know to be larger than Aurelia aurita.- Range :...
, another species known as the moon jelly
- Aurelia aurita
- Aurelia, synonym for chrysalis
- Aurelia (crater)Aurelia (crater)Aurelia is a crater on Venus. It has a large dark surface up range from the crater; lobate flows emanating from crater ejecta, and very radar-bright ejecta and floor....
, crater on Venus - 419 Aurelia419 Aurelia419 Aurelia is a very large main-belt asteroid. It is classified as an F-type asteroid.It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 7, 1896, in Heidelberg....
, asteroid - Aurelia and Blue MoonAurelia and Blue MoonAurelia and Blue Moon are hypothetical examples of a planet and a moon on which extraterrestrial life could evolve. They are the outcome of a collaboration between television company Blue Wave Productions Ltd. and a group of American and British scientists who were collectively commissioned by...
, hypothetical Earth-sized planet orbiting a red dwarf star
Places
- Aurelia, IowaAurelia, IowaAurelia is a city in Cherokee County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,062 at the 2000 census.-History:Aurelia was founded in 1873 as a stop along the Illinois Central Railroad branch connecting Sioux City, Iowa to Chicago, Illinois. This was the only railroad connecting the two...
, a small city in the United States - Via AureliaVia AureliaThe Via Aurelia was a Roman road in Italy constructed around the year 241 BC. The project was undertaken by C. Aurelius Cotta, who at that time was censor...
, a road, dating back to the Roman Empire, from Rome northwestwards along the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ligurian Sea - Orillia, a city in Ontario, Canada which may have been originally spelled "Aurelia".
Other
- The Lancia AureliaLancia AureliaThe Lancia Aurelia is a car that was produced by the Italian manufacturer Lancia. Designed by Vittorio Jano, the Aurelia was launched in 1950 and production lasted until the summer of 1958....
, an automobile - Aurelia, a hymn tune for The Church's One FoundationThe Church's one foundationThe Church's One Foundation is a Christian hymn written in the 1860s by Samuel John Stone.The hymn was written as a direct response to some teaching, considered unorthodox at the time, by John William Colenso, first Bishop of Natal, which created schism within the church in South Africa...
by Samuel Sebastian WesleySamuel Sebastian WesleySamuel Sebastian Wesley was an English organist and composer.-Biography:Born in London, he was the eldest child in the composer Samuel Wesley's second family, which he formed with Sarah Suter having separated from his wife Charlotte. Samuel Sebastian was the grandson of Charles Wesley... - The USS Aurelia (AKA-23)USS Aurelia (AKA-23)USS Aurelia was an named after the minor planet 419 Aurelia. The origin of the name is unknown. USS Aurelia served as a commissioned ship for 17 months....
, a ship in the US Navy - The Federal Republic of Aurelia, a fictional country in Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception
- AuréliaAureliaAurelia is a feminine given name. It was the name given to women of the gens Aurelia in ancient Rome. Aurelia may refer to:-Ancient:* A woman of the gens Aurelia of ancient Rome...
(1855), by Gérard de NervalGérard de NervalGérard de Nerval was the nom-de-plume of the French poet, essayist and translator Gérard Labrunie, one of the most essentially Romantic French poets.- Biography :... - Aurelia, a 2008 mystery-romanceRomance novelThe romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...
novel by Anne Osterlund. - Aurelia (Soul Calibur), fictional character in Namco's Soul Series of fighting games.
- Sub-sector Aurelia, where Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IIWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IIWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is a real-time strategy/tactical role-playing video game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ for Microsoft Windows based on the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe. It is the sequel to the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War video game series...
takes place. - The title character of Giraudoux's The Madwoman of ChaillotThe Madwoman of ChaillotThe Madwoman of Chaillot is a play, a poetic satire, by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux, written in 1943 and first performed in 1945, after his death. The play has two acts and follows the convention of the classical unities...
See also
- Auris (disambiguation)
- Aurum (disambiguation)
- Aura (disambiguation)