Women / Persons ~ P25265
Saint Ursula
Gender: Female
Life Dates: ca. 383 CE
Types:
- celibate, chaste or virginal
- Martyr
- Saint
- Society or High Rank
Note: St. Ursula, martyred at Cologne circa 383 CE, associated in legend with either 11 or 11 thousand unnamed virgin companions typically known as "the eleven thousand virgins" (or equivalent translations), feast day October 21. St. Ursula is often combined with or compared to St. Sunniva of Selje (sister of St. Alban) and one of her companions is sometimes named as Cordula of Cologne.