Laura of Constantinople

Saint Laura of Constantinople was a Roman Catholic nun who lived in Constantinople. She was a member of the Order of the Holy Trinity.

Life

Ancestry and early life

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.

Monastic life

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. She was said to possess “excellent virtues of governance and piety.”

Martyrdom

She was martyred by the Ottoman Turks who took Constantinople on 29 May 1453. They scalded her to death, as well as the other 52 sisters of her convent who were either beheaded or mortally wounded.
Her feast day is on 29 May.