Maura van Tours
Feast: 15 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Maura and Britta were two 4th-century Christian martyrs. They are venerated as saints, but their story is lost. According to Gregory of Tours, their relics were discovered by his predecessor as Bishop of Tours, Eufronius, in the 6th century. Their feast day is 15 January.
Summary of the Wikipedia article Maura and Britta, which covers Maura van Tours with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- Butler's Lives of the Saints (Thurston & Attwater, Christian Classics 1990), 13 July — 'SS. MAURA and BRIGID', on St Maura of Touraine — St Maura (with St Britta), solitaries at Ariacum, now Sainte-Maure in Touraine, 5th century; 'a veneration begun in Touraine which still exists: their feast is kept at Tours on January 28.' CHECK: Wikidata gives 15 January,
- Wikidata Q20819862 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.