Ralf König - Elftausend Jungfrauen

In the organizer's words:

On the day of St. Ursula on October 21

St. Ursula is the patron saint of the city of Cologne. Together with eleven thousand virgin friends, she is said to have suffered martyrdom at the gates of the city around 300 AD: The pious maidens allegedly fell victim to a godless horde of barbarians on their return from a pilgrimage to the Pope in Rome.

"Eleven thousand virgins, a heavenly angel, the Pope in Rome, wild hordes of Huns, dragon ships on the Rhine, Rome, Cologne... the whole setting and plot were like a comic book in my mind's eye when I moved to Cologne in 1990 and heard the legend of the martyrs for the first time.

Now it's done, the saint has been deflowered. For me, however, the martyrdom is more likely to be suffered by the Huns. Saint Kunibert, please for us!" (Ralf König)

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