Saint Maura of Antinoe
- Memorial
- 3 May
- Profile
- Lay woman.
Married to Saint Timothy.
About twenty days into the marriage, and in the middle of the persecution of Diocletian, Timothy was arrested.
As he was being tortured to learn the location of sacred texts, Maura was dragged to the prison; the authorities thought that if they threatened to torture her, Timothy would break.
Timothy refused to talk, and Maura made a profession of her faith.
Enraged at their defiance, Arrianos, governor of Thebias, ordered her tortured.
Witnesses begged that the tormentors release the innocent woman, but she told them that God was all the protection she needed.
Martyred with Saint Timothy.
- Died
- c.286;
nailed to a wall in mock crucifixion, it took her nine days to die of shock, blood loss, and dehydration
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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