According to a medieval story, Saint Ursula was a Christian princess in Britain. She did not wish to be married to a pagan prince and so the king granted her a period of three years to postpone the marriage. She instead went on a voyage with her ten ladies in waiting and a thousand maidens. They sailed from the North sea, Rhine and then to Rome. Legend says that Saint Ursula and her companions in the voyage were all murdered because she refused to marry the chief of the pagan Huns.
Saint Ursula was considered the leader of the eleven thousand that was brought by the Romans from Britain. The relics of Saint Ursula and her companions were held by many churches. Saint Ursula is the patron saint of young teachers.
