ST. URSULA AND HER 11000 VIRGINS MURDERED BY HUNS IN GERMANY - ON OCTOBER 21,DATED 4-5 CENTURY
ST. URSULA AND HER 11000 VIRGINS MURDERED BY HUNS IN GERMANY - ON OCTOBER 21,DATED 4-5 CENTURY The legend of the martyred Saint Ursula and her 11,000 followers has kept a global audience intrigued for centuries. But who was Ursula? And did she ever really exist at all? Historians have attributed Ursula to various periods between 300 – 600AD, although it is generally agreed that Ursula was of Romano-British descent and that prior to her untimely demise she was betrothed to a man of high rank and was travelling to be united with her intended. Unfortunately Ursula and her travel companions – said to be anywhere between 11 and 11,000 virgin maidens – found themselves in the city of Cologne in Germany, where they were cruelly massacred for refusing to copulate with or marry the invading Huns, a nomadic race from Central Asia who conquered much of Europe in the fourth century . Hans Memling , The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula . ...