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Icons of St. Ursula,
Virgin-Martyr of Cologne (Köln)
Feast: Oct. 21
St. Ursula was a British
princess who set sail with a great company of maidens and arrived in
what is now Germany. At Cologne they accepted a martyric death and are
glorified as a great host in the kingdom of heaven. Holy Virgin-Martyr
Ursula, pray to God for us!
Top Icon: of unknown
provenance.
Bottom Icon: by the hand of
Hieromonk Cassien, Greek Old Calendarist Hermitage, Clara, France
Beneath: reliquary of St.
Ursula, 1489, by Hans Memling
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