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Laura of Constantinople | |
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| Born | 1400 Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey) |
| Died | 29 May 1453 |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Feast | 29 May |
Saint Laura of Constantinople (died 1453) was a Roman Catholic nun who lived in Constantinople. She was a member of the Order of the Holy Trinity.
Life
[edit]Ancestry and early life
[edit]Her birth name was Theodolinde Trasci. She was born in Greece into a noble family: her father was a Latin knight named Michael and her mother Helena was Albanian.[1][2]
Monastic life
[edit]After she became a nun in Constantinople, she changed her name into Laura of Saint Peter, eventually rising to become an abbess at the age of 30.[3] She was said to possess “excellent virtues of governance and piety.”[4]
Martyrdom
[edit]She was martyred by the Ottoman Turks who took Constantinople on 29 May 1453.[5] They scalded her to death[2], as well as the other 52 sisters of her convent who were either beheaded or mortally wounded.[6]
Her feast day is on 29 May.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ De Renzis N., Storia di Santa Laura da Costantinopoli nel quattrocentosettantacinquesimo anno della Sua morte, Tip. Editrice R. Riccio Cosenza 1925
- 1 2 Calvo S., Resumen de las prerrogativas del Orden de la Ssa Trinidad, Josef Longas Pamplona I p. 219
- ↑ De Renzis N., Storia di Santa Laura da Costantinopoli nel quattrocentosettantacinquesimo anno della Sua morte, Tip. Editrice R. Riccio Cosenza 1925
- ↑ De Renzis N., Storia di Santa Laura da Costantinopoli nel quattrocentosettantacinquesimo anno della Sua morte, Tip. Editrice R. Riccio Cosenza 1925
- ↑ Calvo S., Resumen de las prerrogativas del Orden de la Ssa Trinidad, Josef Longas Pamplona I p. 219
- ↑ Francisco de la Vega y Toraya, Chrónica De La Provincia De Castilla, Leon Y Navarra, Del Orden ..., Volumen 2. p.150
- ↑ "May 29 – Saint Laura of Constantinople". 28 May 2018.
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