Daughter of the King of Great Britain, Ursula was requested to enter into matrimony by pagan prince. To marry him she put one condition: that the groom had to be baptised and that he should accompany her on a pilgrimage to Rome.  The young girl set out with an entourage of eleven thousand virgins, but on the return trip they were all killed in an attack by the Huns.

Saint Ursula was dressed richly, for her status as a princess. Generally she appears with the palm of the martyr and a bow and/or a sageta (a sort of arrow) in reference to her tragic death.