Ursa's Name Day

26th October

Ursa, the name has a description or meaning which is from the Latin, 'little bear'

Ursa has a Name day of 26th October, please check our history page to find out how this was derived

This description represents the Female usage of the name.

This name is a variant of the original name Ursula

St Ursula is a patron saint of the following:

Symbols are often associated with Saints, it often helped in the middle ages when people were unable to read thus Ursula has the following symbols associated

Historically Famous Ursas

Apparently, Ursula was a British princess who refused to marry a pagan suitor until, playing for time, she had made a pilgrimage to Rome with 11,000 virgins. The required companions were eventually found and Ursula set off with her entourage to Rome, where she met the Pope. She was assured in a dream that she would be martyred on the return journey and would therefore avoid the threat of marriage; she told this to the Pope who, also keen for martyrdom, then joined her. When they reached Cologne on the return journey, they met the pagan suitor who was now converted and alsoanx ious for martyrdom, and there were some Huns who were happy to oblige. Historians believe that some women seem to have been martyred at Cologne before the late fourth century, so maybe this story has a high degree of truth in it. Sadly, Ursula is no longer on the official Roman calendar, but she has given her name to an Order of nuns, as well as many other women, and she and her companions are immortalized as 'the eleven who went up to heaven' in some interpretations of the song, 'Green grow the rushes-O'.