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Maura van Tours

SaintDate unknown

Feast: 15 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
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Died
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Beatified
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Canonised
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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

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q20819862 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

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