Saint Laura of Cordoba

Item Number: P177

Size: 10 1/2"� (26.7cm)
(Laurel, Loretta, Laurette, Lorenza, Laurka, Leonkadia, Lavra, Lara) [died 864], Martyr, was a widow from Cordoba who became a nun and later abbess at Cuteclara in Spain. Legend has it that she achieved martyrdom at the hands of the Muslims by being boiled in pitch or oil. Her name in Latin means "œthe one crowned with laurel leaves."� Her feast is October 19.