#st ursula

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Happy Feast Day

Saint Ursula

Died: 3rd or 4th c.

Feast Day: October 21

Patronage: Order of St. Ursula (Ursulines), Catholic education, students, teachers, University of Paris, Cologne, England, British Virgin Islands, archers, orphans, a holy death

Saint Ursula was the daughter of a Christian, British king, who arranged her marriage to a pagan prince. Legend says Ursula's two requests were, that he become a Christian and she was allowed to go on a pilgrimage to Rome with 11,000 virgin attendants. On the way back, in Cologne, Germany they were all martyred by a pagan Hun Chieftain. A Basilica was restored in Cologne to honor the martyred women where their gilded bones are enshrined to this day.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. (website)

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'St Ursula' (1868) by Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898).

Cartoon for stained glass at St John the Baptist Church, Tuebrook, Liverpool.

Birmingham Museums Trust, licensed under CC0.

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Carlo Francesco Nuvolone (Italian, 1609-1662) Sainte Ursule martyre, ca. 1650 Musée de Picardie, Amiens

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21st October

St Ursula’s Day

Source: companyofstursula.org

Today is St Ursula’s Day. Ursula was allegedly a fourth century Roman Christian lady, who took the cult of militant chastity to somewhat absurd lengths. Pursued by pagan king, Ursula naturally turned her unwanted suitor down. Sensing he was not reacting well to rejection, Ursula hinted to the lovestruck monarch that she might be tempted if he could give her three years to decide. When the King agreed, Ursula hightailed it to Gaul, along with ten virginal companions. These young women set about recruiting other ladies to the chastity cause and soon Ursula had an entourage of 11,000 virgins. The all female crew soon found their vessel(s) blown off course and they ended up sailing up the Rhine only to run into a group of fearsome Huns. The barbarian leader of the Huns sought to seduce Ursula, but once again the Christian maiden remained steadfast. This time it ended unhappily: the pagan chieftain had Ursula put to death along with her 11,000 followers. Although a troop of Angels were sent from Heaven to rescue the virgins, they arrived too late, putting the Huns to flight but only able to bury the unfortunate saint and her disciples.

The whole sad story has a feel of the fable about it. Researchers have since found that the always unlikely 11,000 women were in fact probably only eleven, due to a misreading of a Latin inscription about the saint. The Catholic Church gave up on the legend in 1969 when Ursula was removed from its official calendar of saints. She can however still be seen in a stained glass window at Trinity Church in York.

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Ursula, intercede for us. Loving God, grant us courage to stand against injustices to people and all of creation. We pray: St. Ursula, intercede for us.

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throwing in votes for st angela merici and the fatima children!! also i don’t think st ursula made it into the folk/legendary bracket but i am praying for her none the less

Votes added for St Angela Merici, St Jacinta Marto, St Francisco Marto, and Bl. Lucia!!

As for St Ursula, I'm pretty sure you'll need the prayers more than she does. If she's a saint she's doing a-okay, and the rest of us . . . I think all of us need all the prayers we can get.

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'What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword? As it is written: “For your sake we are being slain all the day; we are looked upon as sheep to be slaughtered.”No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things, nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.' -- Romans 8:35-38

Happy Feast of St. Ursula and companions!

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Anonymous, Funeral Procession of St Ursula (1440-1450)

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A Hall in the St. Mary Convent of the St. Ursula Order in Batavia, present-day Jakarta, Java, Indonesia

Dutch vintage postcard

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St. Ursula painted by Bernardo Cavallino

A depiction of St. Ursula depicting the women she was martyred with

St. Ursula

Feast Day: October 21st

Patronage: Schoolgirls

St. Ursula is a saint from Brittany in northern France. Her legend says that she was the daughter of Nothus of Brittany and was incredibly beautiful. The pagan King of England wanted her to marry his son. She agreed to marry him on three conditions. 1. He would let her go on a three-year retreat to practice and celebrate her chastity. 2. The prince must spend those three years becoming a Christian. 3. The king must provide boats and supplies for ten virgin companions, accompanied with one thousand virgin handmaidens for a pilgrimage to Rome. The king agreed to these terms but died, so his son carried out Ursula's wishes. The Queen of Sicily, Gersina heard of Ursula's request. Gersina had converted her husband to Christianity and decided to supply virgins for the journey. She offered her four daughters for this.

Eventually eleven thousand virgins arrived in the port of Gaul and the ships sailed to Cologne. Legend has it that angels were the captains of the boats. After arriving in Cologne the virgins walked to Rome where they were baptized by Pope Cyracus. When the women came back to Cologne they were attacked by Huns who shot them with arrows. When their leader saw Ursula he was stunned by her beauty. He made her an offer: She could become his wife instead of being murdered right there. She refused and her shot her in the heart with an arrow. On her feast day, boats are loaded onto carts and placed in a parade in villages and towns. One of her symbols is a white dove that was seen resting on her grave. The Ursuline order is named after her.

Holy Sites: St. Ursula has churches named after her in Cologne and Wales. Major ceremonies for her feast day are held in Rizal, Philippines and in Valls.

Potential Offerings: Water, white candle, images of doves, model ships, and images or statues of the women she was martyred with. Play the music that Hildegard of Bingen composed in her honor.

Petition: For the protection of women and young girls, for spiritual purity and strength.

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Saint Ursula Died: 3rd or 4th c. Feast Day: October 21 Patronage: Order of St. Ursula (Ursulines), Catholic education, students, teachers, University of Paris, Cologne, England, British Virgin Islands, archers, orphans, a holy death

Saint Ursula was the daughter of a Christian, British king, who arranged her marriage to a pagan prince. Legend says Ursula's two requests were, that he become a Christian and she was allowed to go on a pilgrimage to Rome with 11,000 virgin attendants. On the way back, in Cologne, Germany they were all martyred by a pagan Hun Chieftain. A Basilica was restored in Cologne to honor the martyred women where their gilded bones are enshrined to this day.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase. Link in our bio.

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My superior gave me this poster as a gift for my renewal of consecration 💚

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Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598-1664) Saint Ursula, c.1635-40 Musei di Strada Nuova

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the ones who walk away from omelas 🤝 the broken earth 🤝 strange new worlds: lift us where suffering cannot reach

just hook a fuckin kid up to a machine

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🌟✨ Eerie splendor: the Golden Chamber of St. Ursula in Cologne

🕊️💀 Just a few steps away from Cologne Cathedral is one of the most extraordinary sacred rooms in Europe: the Golden Chamber of St. Ursula. This Baroque treasure chamber, established in 1643, is a fascinating testimony to the „Memento Mori“ idea and the cultivation of relics in the Baroque period.

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The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula

Believed to be Caravaggio’s last painting, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (1610) is on display at the National Gallery, London, until 21st July 2024. Displayed alongside Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist (1609-10), the mini-exhibition details Caravaggio’s attempted return to Rome, where a sudden fever caused his untimely death. Caravaggio (1571-1610) depicts St Ursula’s martyrdom in a…