Ursula

Japanese: ウルスラ（英語表記）Ursula

A saint. According to legend, she was the daughter of a 4th or 5th century Britannian king. She was beautiful and intelligent, and one of her many suitors, a pagan prince, offered her the condition that she convert to Christianity and be allowed to go on a pilgrimage to Rome for three years accompanied by 11,000 maids. The prince accepted, and she traveled to Rome with her maids, but on the way back they were attacked by the Huns in Cologne. The maids were killed, and Ursula herself was martyred with three arrows to her chest. Later, 11,000 angels appeared and drove away the Huns.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

聖女。伝説によれば4世紀または5世紀のブリタニア王の娘。才色兼備で，多くの求婚者のうち異教徒の王子に，キリスト教に改宗すること，1万1000人の侍女を従えて3年間ローマに巡礼に行くことを認めること，という条件を出した。王子はこれを承諾。侍女たちを伴ってローマに赴き，帰途ケルンでフン族に襲われた。侍女らは殺され，ウルスラも胸に3本の矢を受けて殉教。後に1万1000の天使が現れフン族を追い払ったという。

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