ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN OCTOBER Saints celebrated on the 20th of October WELCOME! SAINTS MARTHA AND SAULA, VIRGINS AND MARTYRS Saints Martha and Saula were among the company of virgin martyrs surrounding St Ursula. "The history of these celebrated virgins of Cologne rests on ten lines, and these are open to question. This legend, with its countless variants and increasingly fabulous developments, would fill more than a hundred pages. Various characteristics of it were already regarded with suspicion by certain medieval writers... Briefly, for the solid reconstruction of the true history of the virgin martyrs, there is only the inscription of Clematius and some details furnished by ancient liturgical books. Unfortunately, these latter are very meager, and the inscription is in part extremely obscure. This document, carved on a stone which may be seen in the choir of the Church of St Ursula at Cologne, is couched in the following terms: DIVINIS FLAMMEIS VISIONIB. FREQVENTER...