Ostia | Domus Aurea | Ostia Antica | Ficus aurea | Ostia Antica (archaeological site) | Saint Aurea | Rayjacksonia aurea | Lei Áurea | Grevillea aurea | Aurea (Oria) | Tabebuia aurea | Saint Aurea (disambiguation) | Pages from the 1656 translation of ''Aurea Themis'' of Michael Maier | Ostia (Rome) | Bishop of Ostia | alt=Cattleya dowiana aurea, from ''Reichenbachia'' Series I Volume I Plate 5 . |
It is uncertain whether the church was built over a pre-existing Paleochristian church, but according to tradition, the patron saint of Ostia, the martyr Saint Aurea, was buried near the present-day location of the church.