Laura of Córdoba

Holy Martyr Laura of Córdoba was born in Córdoba in Spain and died in 864, under Moorish rule. She is one of the Martyrs of Córdoba, saints of the undivided Church.

Widowed, she entered the convent of Cuteclara and, according to some accounts, became its abbess. Saint Eulogius of Córdoba, who wrote of the martyrs of those years, relates that she was condemned as a Christian by the Moors and thrown into a vat of boiling pitch or lead, and so died for Christ.

She is commemorated on 19 October, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).