Communio Sanctorum

Cordula

At Cullen, of St. Cordula, virgin, one of St. Ursula's company, who being terrified with the torments and slaughter of her companions, hid herself, but on the morrow repenting her thereof, discovered herself to the Huns, and last of all received the crown of m…

Feast: 22 October

Life and witness

At Cullen, of St. Cordula, virgin, one of St. Ursula's company, who being terrified with the torments and slaughter of her companions, hid herself, but on the morrow repenting her thereof, discovered herself to the Huns, and last of all received the crown of martyrdom.

Biographical overview

Cordula may mean: Cordula (name) Saint Cordula, virgin martyr Cordula. Graubündner Sage, an epic poem by Max Waldau, of 1854 Cordula, a slipper orchid genus nowadays synonymous with Paphiopedilum Cordula (film), 1950 film Cordula, typical Sardinian dish

Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness

Apud Coloniam Agrippinam sanctae Cordulae, quae, cum esset una ex sodalibus sanctae Ursulae, atque aliarum suppliciis et caedibus perterrita se occultasset, postridie, ejus rei poenitens, se ultro patefecit Hunnis, et, novissima omnium, martyrii coronam accepit.

Martyrologium Romanum (Latin historical edition) · Language: Latin