The lives of the saints . , on October 21:— Tunc numerosa simul Rheni per littora fulgentChristi Virgineis erecta tropasa maniplisAgrippinEe urbi, quaram furor impius olimMillia mactavit ductricibus inclita Sanctis. And Usuardus (d. 877), in his Martyrology, written at theinstigation of Charles the Bald, gives on October 20, Thepassion of the holy virgins Martha and Saula, with manyothers, at Cologne. Martha and Saula have been retainedon October 20 in the Roman Martyrology. An Essen Kalendar, composed before 891, gives, onOctober 21, «S. Hilarion and the SS. eleven thousandVirgins. ^ The
The lives of the saints . , on October 21:— Tunc numerosa simul Rheni per littora fulgentChristi Virgineis erecta tropasa maniplisAgrippinEe urbi, quaram furor impius olimMillia mactavit ductricibus inclita Sanctis. And Usuardus (d. 877), in his Martyrology, written at theinstigation of Charles the Bald, gives on October 20, Thepassion of the holy virgins Martha and Saula, with manyothers, at Cologne. Martha and Saula have been retainedon October 20 in the Roman Martyrology. An Essen Kalendar, composed before 891, gives, onOctober 21, «S. Hilarion and the SS. eleven thousandVirgins. ^ There are two Corbei Martyrologies, one of 831,another of the date 900, and neither of these contains anotice of the Virgin Martyrs of Cologne, neither do those Bettberg has thought these lines an interpolation, but without good This iCalendar contains, in the same handwriting, prayers for living and dead,and, amongst others, a prayer for Bishop Sunderbold of Mainz, as still living. Hedied 891. ^- — ^. * -^ Oct. 21.] SS. Ursula and Eleven Thousand. 537 called after Labbe and the abbey of Reichenau of the sameperiod. An old Kalendar in the Diisseldorf Library of the lothcentury copies Usuardus, merely transferring Martha andSaula to October 21. A litany of the nth century; in theDarmstadt Library, invokes five of these saints, in thisorder: Martha, Saula, Paula, Brittola, Ursula. Anotherlitany in the same collection raises the number to eight,and gives a different succession: Brittola, Martha, Saula,Sambatia, Saturnina, Gregoria, Pinnosa, Palladia. Anotherlitany in the Diisseldorf Library extends the number toeleven: Ursula, Sencia, Gregoria, Pinnosa, Martha, Saula,Brittola, Saturnina, Rabacia, Saturia, Palladia. Anothergives eleven, but in different order: Martha, Saula, Brit-tola, Gregoria, Saturnina, Sabatia, Pinnosa, Ursula, Sentia,Palladia, Saturia. Crombach, and after him BoUandus, set to work to com-pile an Ursulan Kalendar of all the saints of that p
Size: 1434px × 1742px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorbar, bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectsaints
