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Saint Laura

Spanish saint

SaintEmirate of CórdobaPre-congregation

Feast: 19 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
864
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

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
Sources
  • Wikidata Q272106 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Saint Laura (CC BY-SA)

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