. Christian herald and signs of our times . part pagan, the handof Ursula, the daughterof Theonotus. a king ofBritain, was asked in mar-riage by Holofernes. aheathen prince. Thebeautiful princess con-sented on condition thatHolofernes become aChristian and allow herthree years in which tomake a pilgrimage beforethe marriage. This beingagreed to. Ursula depart-ed, accompanied by On returning theydisembarked at Cologne,where they were attackedby the Hunnish legions ofAttila. the heathen warriors put all tothe sword. A variant ofthe same traditiondeclares that Maximus. a
. Christian herald and signs of our times . part pagan, the handof Ursula, the daughterof Theonotus. a king ofBritain, was asked in mar-riage by Holofernes. aheathen prince. Thebeautiful princess con-sented on condition thatHolofernes become aChristian and allow herthree years in which tomake a pilgrimage beforethe marriage. This beingagreed to. Ursula depart-ed, accompanied by On returning theydisembarked at Cologne,where they were attackedby the Hunnish legions ofAttila. the heathen warriors put all tothe sword. A variant ofthe same traditiondeclares that Maximus. a usurper in Gaul,had demanded of king Dionotus of Corn-wall, the hand of his daughter. Ursula, forhimself, and seventy thousand Cornishmaidens as wives for his warriors, andthat the fleet bearing the women wasdriven ashore, the survivors of the wreckbeing murdered by Picts and Huns. Stillanother version gives the number of thevictims at eleven while a fourth statesthat only two women perished. Manyauthors have written concerning this ven-. ST. UnSUt-Ao CHURCH, COLOGNE.
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