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The eleven thousand virgins of Cologne, according to the legend, were born at Baoʹza in Spain, which contained only 12,000 families. The bones exhibited were taken from an old Roman cemetery, across which the wall of Cologne ran, and which were exposed to view after the siege in 1106. (See Ursula.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Violet-crowned City
Violin
Violon
Viper and File
Virgil
Virgilius
Virgin
Virgin Mary’s Guard (The)
Virgin Mary’s Peas (The)
Virgin Queen (The)
Virgins
Virginal
Virtuoso
Vis Inertiæ
Vishnu [Indian]
Vital Spark of Heavenly Flame
Vitellius
Vitex
Vitruvius
Vitulos
Vitus (St.)

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