Maura was born to a noble family in Troyes, Francia, in 827, and from a young age devoted herself to prayer.
[1][2] As a young girl, she converted her father Mauranus who had previously lived a worldly life, to Christianity.
[1][2][3][4] After his death, Maura continued to live at home, praying, serving the poor, and caring for her mother, who was named either Seluca or Sedulia.
[1][4] When not praying or serving the poor, Maura greatly enjoyed meeting the material needs of local priests and the Troyes Cathedral: she would make sacred vestments, trim the candles, fill oil lamps and prepare wax and other things for the altar.
[3][5] In fact, Bishop Prudentius of Troyes, a personal friend, wore an alb spun and woven by her.