Saint Laura
Spanish saint
Feast: 19 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Laura of Cordoba (Spanish: Santa Laura de Córdoba; died 864) was a Spanish Christian who lived in Muslim Spain during the 9th century. She was born in Córdoba, and became a nun at Cuteclara after her husband died, eventually rising to become an abbess. According to Saint Eulogius of Córdoba, she was martyred by Muslims, who took her captive and scalded her to death by placing her in a vat of boiling pitch. Her feast day is on 19 October; she is one of the Martyrs of Córdoba.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Eulogius of Córdoba Saint“According to Saint Eulogius of Córdoba, she was martyred by Muslims, who took her captive and scalded her to death by placing her in a vat of boiling pitch.” — Wikipedia
- santiebeati.it, 'Laura di Cordova, Martire' — 'Laura di Cordova, Martire, sec. IX, festa 19 ottobre' — feast matches the entry exactly. Abbess of Cuteclara, scalded to death in a vat of pitch in 864; one of the Martyrs of Córdoba recorded by St Eulogius of Córdoba i
- Wikidata Q272106 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Laura (CC BY-SA)
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