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, the 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.