Martyr
Ursula
A virgin venerated at Cologne, slain by tradition together with her companions.
- Feast
- October 21old style November 3
- Reposed
- 3834th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Ursula is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the Western tradition at Cologne. The Greek synaxarion commemorates her on 21 October (new style, the Greek calendar) and calls her British; the year of her death is given as around 383. The Greek source says that no details of her life are known.
According to Western tradition Ursula was slain together with her companions. Part of her relics is kept in the Roman Catholic church that bears her name in Cologne.
Commemorated the same day October 21
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