Ursus of Solothurn

Ursus ( † about 303 in Solothurn ) was a martyr of the legendary Theban Legion, and is the patron saint of the Swiss city of Solothurn.

According to legend, he escaped along with Victor of Solothurn and 66 other Christian soldiers massacre of Agaunum ( now St. Maurice in Valais ) and fled to the citadel of Solothurn ( Salodurum ), but there was beheaded along with his companions. He is not only the Solothurn St. Ursus Cathedral consecrated, also founded in the early Middle Ages ecclesiastical Canons bore his name, and to him is due the popular Swiss man's name Urs. The Ursus cult was used in the Solothurn region, for example, in the hospitality industry, for example, for a restaurant of this name in Biberist, but which burned down 2 August 2008, or, Urs und Viktor is located in Bettlach.

A number of places named after him, St. Ursus and several French-speaking Saint -Ours, as well as the churches of St. Ursus Cathedral in Solothurn, Switzerland. Even the steamboat St. Urs is named after Ursus of Solothurn.