St. Laura

Feastday: October 19
Death: 864

Martyr of Spain, an abbess. She was born in Cordoba, Spain, and became a nun in Cuteclara. The Moors threw her into a vat of molten lead.

For other uses, see Saint Laura of Constantinople.

History of Al-Andalus
Muslim conquest (711–732)
Battle of Guadalete Battle of Toulouse Battle of Tours
Umayyads of Córdoba (756–1031)
Emirate of Córdoba Caliphate of Córdoba Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir
First Taifa period (1009–1110)
Almoravid rule (1085–1145)
Conquest Battle of Sagrajas
Second Taifa period (1140–1203)
Almohad rule (1147–1238)
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
Third Taifa period (1232–1287)
Emirate of Granada (1238–1492)
Nasrid dynasty Battle of the Strait Granada War
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Saint Laura of Cordoba (Spanish: Santa Laura de Córdoba; died 864) was a Spanish Christian who lived in Muslim Spain during the 9th century. She was born in Córdoba, and became a nun at Cuteclara after her husband died, eventually rising to become an abbess. She was martyred by Muslims, who took her captive and scalded her to death by placing her in a vat of boiling pitch. Her feast day is on 19 October; she is one of the Martyrs of Córdoba.

She is commemorated by the Estadio Santa Laura ("Saint Laura Stadium") in Santiago, Chile and the Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works in northern Chile.

Thomas Love Peacock wrote a ballad about Saint Laura in his work Gryll Grange.