Saint Laura of Cordoba

Also known as

• Laura de Córdoba

Memorial

• 19 October

Profile

Married. Widow. Nun and then abbess at Cuteclara during the period of Moorish occupation of Spain. Killed by Muslim authorities for the crime of Christianity. Martyr. One of the Martyrs of Córdoba. The Estadio Santa Laura in Santiago, Chile, and the Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works in northern Chile are named for her. Thomas Love Peacock wrote a ballad about her in his work Gryll Grange.

Born

• Cordoba, Spain

Died

• boiled in lead in 864

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Laura of Cordoba”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 June 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-laura-of-cordoba/>