A baptismal name for a girl
Maura
8 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Maura
- Saint MauraNovember 9A holy woman commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Martyr Maura of the ThebaidMay 3A woman martyr of the Thebaid, who suffered for Christ.
- Venerable Maura of ConstantinopleOctober 31A venerable woman of Constantinople, commemorated in the Orthodox calendar.
- Martyr Maura MoiseevaJuly 28A woman martyr of the Russian Church, who died in 1937.
- Saint Maura of CumbraeNovember 2A saint honored on the island of Cumbrae, of whom little is known.
- Martyr Maura of ToursJanuary 15A saint honored at Tours, of whom little is known.
- Martyr Maura and BrittaJanuary 15Two virgin martyrs honored in Touraine in Gaul.
- Venerable Maura of TroyesSeptember 21A virgin of Troyes devoted to prayer and almsgiving, reposed around 850.
Questions
The name day of Maura is November 9, the feast of Saint Maura. It is also kept on May 3, October 31, July 28, November 2, January 15, September 21.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 8 saints named Maura, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Maura is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Maura as patron.