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St. Ursula
St. Ursula (and the 11 thousand
virgins) was a daughter of a British Christian king betrothed to a
pagan prince. She wished to preserve her virginity and said to her father
that she could accept the marriage on condition that the prince's father
gave her ten most noble virgins, each with a thousand virgins in her service,
and would be allowed three years to consider. The virgins embarked a ship;
after sea passage, they went up the Rhine as far as Colonge, later sailed
on to Basel, after pilgrimage to Rome, where rhey met the Pope, they returned
to Colonge. The frustrated Ursula's fiancé fired an arrow at her,
which pierced her breast. Her companions were put to the sword by a king
of the Huns.
See: Giovanni Bellini. Madonna
and Child between SS. Catherine and Ursula.
Caravaggio The
Martyrdom of St. Ursula.
Hans Memling The
Martyrdom of St. Ursula's Companions and The Martyrdom of St. Ursula.
Vittore Carpaccio. Legend
of St. Ursula: The Meeting with the Pope. Legend
of St. Ursula: St. Ursula's Dream. The
Legend of St. Ursula: The Arrival of the English Ambassadors. The
Legend of St. Ursula: Departure of the Ambassadors. The
Legend of St. Ursula: Return of the Ambassadors. The
Legend of St. Ursula: The Meeting of the Betrothed and the Departure for
the Pilgrimage. The Legend
of St. Ursula: Arrival in Cologne. The
Legend of St. Ursula: Martyrdom and Funeral of St. Ursula. The
Legend of St. Ursula: Apotheosis of St. Ursula.
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