Name
Maura and Britta, virgins of the Touraine, ob. before 573
Saint ID
S01248
Reported Death Not Before
350
Reported Death Not After
556
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
| ID | Title | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02561 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (18), recounts how two virgins, *Maura and Britta (virgins of the Touraine, ob. before 573, S01248), appeared to a man in a dream and persuaded him to build an oratory over their graves, and then persuaded a reluctant Eufronius, bishop of Tours (556-573), to bless it, revealing to him their names. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. |
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