Wednesday, June 13, 2012

St. Ursula and Her 11,000 Virgins

St. Ursula traveled from England to Rome in the 3rd century with 11,000 virgins.  On their return they were captured, tortured and killed by Huns in what is now Cologne, Germany.  Their remains were found in the 1100s.  The Church of St. Ursula is next to where the remains were found (or perhaps built  above where the bones were found?).  The bones were place inside the church in the Bone Room.  There are numerous reliquaries and skulls.  And many bones were attached to walls in the room.  Some bones were arranged into Latin words which read, "Holy Ursula, Pray For Us."


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