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Meriadoc appears in one of the genealogies from Jesus College MS 20, which traces the descent of Geraint mab Erbin, king of Dumnonia in the West Country, back to "Cynan map Eudaf Hen". [2] In the Cornish miracle play Beunans Meriasek, Conan is a kinsman of Saint Meriasek who tries (unsuccessfully) to dissuade Meriasek from pursuing a religious ...
Saint Ursula, c. 1650, Italy The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (German school, 16th century) According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, a 12th-century British cleric and writer, Ursula was the daughter of Dionotus, ruler of Cornwall. However, this may have been based on his misreading of the words Deo notus in the second Passio Ursulae, written about 1105.
Angela Merici (/ m ə ˈ r iː tʃ i / mə-REE-chee; Italian: [ˈandʒela (de) meˈriːtʃi]; 21 March 1474 – 27 January 1540) was an Italian Catholic religious educator who founded the Company of St. Ursula in 1535 in Brescia, in which women dedicated their lives to the service of the church through the education of girls.
A passing mention is made in the Historia regum Britanniae to Conan Meriadoc being madly in love with his daughter, Ursula, which reflects the ninth century legend of Saint Ursula. According to the legend, Dionotus (her father, said to be king of Dumnonia) is asked her hand in marriage by Conan Meriadoc, the pagan
The Ursulines, also known as the Order of Saint Ursula (post-nominals: OSU), is an enclosed religious order of women that in 1572 branched off from the Angelines, also known as the Company of Saint Ursula. The Ursulines trace their origins to the Angeline foundress Angela Merici and likewise place themselves under the patronage of Saint Ursula.
Saint Ursula's College, Armidale, New South Wales, amalgamated to form O'Connor Catholic College in 1975; Saint Ursula's College, Kingsgrove, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a girls' school; St Ursula's College, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, a private secondary girls' school; St Ursula's College, Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia, a day ...
St Ursula's College or Saint Ursula's College may refer to the following schools in Australia: Saint Ursula's College, Kingsgrove, Sydney, New South Wales;
St. Ursula Academy (Cincinnati, Ohio) St Ursula's College, Toowoomba; St Ursula's Convent School; St. Ursula School Bumi Serpong Damai; U. Ursuline Academy ...