Ursula boat
Ursula boats ( navicula S. Ursulae ) emerged from the 13th century in many places as brotherhoods under the patronage of St. Ursula .
history
The first Ursuline fraternities came into being around 1300 in Italy, from where the Ursuline order later originated. Especially in the city of Cologne , where Ursula and her 11,000 companions, according to legend, were martyred , several “ Ursula boats” were created, of which a brotherhood that was founded in the 15th century (probably 1445) still exists today.
regional customs
The brotherhood at the Ursula Church in Cologne, which still exists today, has over 500 members who meet annually for a general meeting on the fourth Sunday of Lent and for the Ursula Festival Week in October. During the Ursula Festival Week there is a procession with the shrine of St. Ursula instead. A brotherhood candle is consecrated and lit in the Church of St. Ursula and will burn for a year until the next Ursula festival.
literature
- André Schnyder: The Ursula brotherhoods of the late Middle Ages. A contribution to research into German-language religious literature of the 15th century. (Language and Poetry, NF 34.) Bern 1986 (cf. Habil. Bern 1982).
- Frank G. Zehnder: Saint Ursula. Legend - adoration - world of images. Wienand, Cologne 1985.