RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Saint Ursula

400 - 383

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Ursula (Latin for 'little she-bear') was a Romano-British virgin and martyr possibly of royal origin. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and the Anglican Communion. Her feast day in the pre-1970 General Roman Calendar and in some regional calendars of the ordinary form of the Roman Rite is 21 October. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saint Ursula is the 420th most popular religious figure (down from 322nd in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 189th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Religious Figure.

Saint Ursula is most famous for being the patron saint of young girls. She was a British princess who was martyred with her 11,000 virgins in the 4th century.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Saint Ursula ranks 420 out of 3,187. Before her are Gregory of Nyssa, Pope Stephen IX, Pope Callixtus I, Pope Hyginus, Saint Nino, and Pope Benedict VII. After her are Pope Telesphorus, Belshazzar, Erasmus of Formia, Pope Simplicius, Pope Benedict IV, and Pope John XVII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 400, Saint Ursula ranks 4. Before her are Kālidāsa, Pope Celestine I, and Pope Zosimus. After her are Merovech, Constantine III, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Vasubandhu, Olybrius, Ermanaric, Alexius of Rome, and Yazdegerd I. Among people deceased in 383, Saint Ursula ranks 2. Before her is Ulfilas. After her are Gratian, Ardashir II, Frumentius, and Flavia Maxima Constantia.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Saint Ursula ranks 297 out of 8,785. Before her are Henry I of England (1068), James Black (1924), Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496), Francis William Aston (1877), George Best (1946), and Alfred Marshall (1842). After her are Norman Haworth (1883), Edward Smith (1850), John Sulston (1942), John Logie Baird (1888), Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), and John Law (1671).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United Kingdom

Among religious figures born in United Kingdom, Saint Ursula ranks 4. Before her are Saint Patrick (385), Saint Boniface (680), and John Harvard (1607). After her are Saint Walpurga (710), Alcuin (735), William Laud (1573), John Wesley (1703), Thomas Becket (1119), Pope Adrian IV (1100), John Knox (1514), and Edward the Confessor (1003).

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