Saint Maura of Constantinople

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• 30 November

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Virgin martyr. No details of her life have survived. An island in the Ionian Sea is named for her. Devotion was widespread in the East. Julian the Apostate unsuccessfully tried to suppress devotion to her.

Died

• at Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Maura of Constantinople”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 November 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-maura-of-constantinople/>