Promotion of Chastity: Saint Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne

Promotion of Chastity:Saint Ursula and the

Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne

Student Spring SymposiumApril 15, 2011

Elizabeth Hirsch ‘11

Reliquary Busts of Saint Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins

St. Ursula and the Virgins Arrive in RomePainting from the Saint Ursula Shrine, 1489 by Hans Memling

Martyrdom of the 11,000 Virgins in ColognePainting from the Saint Ursula Shrine, 1489 by Hans Memling

The Martyrdom of Saint UrsulaPainting from the Saint Ursula Shrine, 1489 by Hans

Memling

Saint Ursula Reliquary Shrine in Cologne

Reliquary Busts of Saint Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins

Saint Ursula Reliquary Busts versus St. Foy Reliquary

Reliquary Busts of Saint Ursula and the 11,000 Virgins