 Virghis, is tlie tomb of St. Ursula, and the walls of the church and of the treasury, or golden chamber, are covered with the bones of her unfortunate companions. The legend is that St. Ursula, the daughter of a British king, made a pilgrimage to Rome,...  Appleton's European guide book illustrated - Էջ 270Appleton D. and co - 1870 - 27 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Rhine river - 1844 - 124 էջ
...storms up the Rhine to Cologne ! no easy matter, one would think. Here the whole party was slaughtered by the Huns, because they refused to break their vows of chastity. St. Gereon's Kirche — another ossuary. It is lined with the bones of the Theban Legion of Martyrs,... | |
 | Jacob B. Wood - 1852 - 192 էջ
...been on a pilgrimage from Brittany to Home, and returning thence were all slaughtered at this place by the Huns, because they refused to break their vows of chastity. The walls are hollow, and filled with bones, which can be seen through grated openings, all around... | |
 | Merchant - 1859 - 368 էջ
...pilgrimage to Rome, and arriving at Cologne, on her return, the whole party were cruelly slaughtered by the Huns, because they refused to break their vows of chastity. Based upon this childish tale of the monks, these bones are displayed in all their hideous array, by... | |
 | 1864 - 862 էջ
...bones of 11,000 virgins, companions of St Ursula, who, according to the legend, were slaughtered at C. by the Huns, because they refused to break their vows of chastity. In the ' golden chamber ' are the coffin of the saint, and the skulls of a few of her most favoured... | |
 | James Newson Matthews - 1867 - 288 էջ
...Princess of Britany) and her virgin train, on their return from a pilgrimage to Rome, were slaughtered at Cologne by the Huns, because they refused to break their vows of chastity. In one little room, called the Golden Chamber, the skulls of a good many of the more favored companions... | |
 | 1868 - 854 էջ
...bones of 11,000 virgins, companions of St Ursula, who, according to the legend, were slaughtered at C. by the Huns, because they refused to break their vows of chastity. In the ' golden chamber ' are the coffin of the saint, and the skulls of a few of her most favoured... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1872 - 634 էջ
...tradition, are preserved the bones of 11,000 virgins, companions of St Ursula, who were slaughtered by the Huns because they refused to break their vows of chastity. Rubens was a native of Cologne, and presented to St Peter's Church, in which he was baptized, one of... | |
 | William Pembroke Fetridge - 1874 - 688 էջ
...the Holy City by the Pope with great honors. On her return the whole party was barbarously murdered by the Huns, because they refused to break their vows of chastity. St.Ursula was accompanied by her lover Conan and an escort of knights. St. Ursula and Conan suffered... | |
 | Charles Carroll Fulton - 1874 - 336 էջ
...with great honors at the holy city by the Pope. On her return the whole party was barbarously murdered by the Huns because they refused to break their vows of chastity. St. Ursula was accompanied by her lover, Conan, and an escort of knights. St. Ursula and Conan suffered... | |
 | Charles Carroll Fulton - 1874 - 334 էջ
...with great honors at the holy city by the Pope. On her return the whole party was barbarously murdered by the Huns because they refused to break their vows of chastity. St. Ursula was accompanied by her lover, Conan, and an escort of knights. St. Ursula and Conan suffered... | |
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