Women / Persons ~ P25266

Eleven Thousand Virgins

Gender: Female
Life Dates: ca. 383 CE
Types:
  • Anonymous group
  • celibate, chaste or virginal
  • Martyr
Note: The "eleven thousand virgins" (or translated equivalent) refers to a legendary group of eleven or eleven thousand companions martyred with St. Ursula in Cologne during her religious pilgrimage. The date is usually given as 383 CE, although some sources hold the date as fourth or fifth century (450). Although historical sources are very unreliable and inconsistent, references to this group are popular enough in hagiographies that this could be a useful entry. Other names offered for leaders or prominent women within this group are Pinnosa/Vinnosa,
persons with degrees of separation from Eleven Thousand Virgins