[3][4][2] After her brothers John and Adulphus were executed for their apostasy from Islam in 825,[5] Aurea went to live with her mother Artemia, who was also a nun, at the convent at Cuteclara for 30 years.
[4] According to historian Kenneth B. Wolf, Aurea remained at Cuteclara without the knowledge of her relatives,[4] but historians Jessica Coope and Reginald Haines stated that Aurea's relatives ignored her Christian faith, even though it was well known, for most of her adult life.
[3][6] Wolfe also stated that Aurea's Muslim relatives from Seville came to her convent, recognized her, and brought her before a judge to force her to recount her Christian faith.
[4] She was frightened into submission and released, but after "repenting of her compliance, and avowing herself truly a Christian",[6] was arrested again and was executed in 856.
[3][4] Hagiographer Agnes Dunbar compared Aurea's regret and public confession during her second trial to St. Peter's denial of Christ in the Bible.