Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Caravaggio, c. 1598
Martyr and Virgin
Born	ca. 287, Alexandria, Egypt[1]
Died	ca. 305, Alexandria, Egypt[2]
Venerated in	Eastern Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Oriental Orthodoxy, Anglicanism
Major shrine	Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai
Feast	November 25 (November 24 in Orthodox churches of Russian background)
Attributes	the "breaking wheel"; sword; with a crown at her feet; hailstones; bridal veil and ring; dove; scourge; book; woman arguing with pagan philosophers[3]
Patronage	apologists, craftsmen who work with a wheel (potters, spinners, etc.), archivists, dying people, educators, girls, jurists, knife sharpeners, lawyers, librarians, libraries, Balliol College, maidens, mechanics, millers, nurses, philosophers, preachers, scholars, schoolchildren, scribes, secretaries, spinsters, stenographers, students, tanners, teachers, theologians, University of Paris, unmarried girls, wheelwrights, Żejtun, Żurrieq[2][3]
Catholic cult suppressed	1969; cult restored to an optional memorial by Pope John Paul II in 2002[4]
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Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine (Greek ἡ Ἁγία Αἰκατερίνη ἡ Μεγαλομάρτυς) is a Christian saint and martyr claimed to have been a noted scholar in the early 4th century. She was one of the saints to speak to Saint Joan of Arc. The Orthodox Churches venerate her as a "great martyr," and in the Roman Catholic Church, she is traditionally revered as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 456 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2024 × 2662 pixel, file size: 298 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. ... For other uses, see Caravaggio (disambiguation). ... Events Diocletian and Maximian become Roman Consuls Births Deaths Categories: 287 ... 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Life and legend

Life

St. Catherine's life is mostly composed of legends which have many different variations. The most popular version is as follows. Legend states that Catherine was the daughter of Constus, governor of Alexandria in Egypt. She is said to have received a "most splendid education." She declared to her parents that she would only enter into marriage with someone who surpassed her in reputation, wealth, beauty and wisdom. Catherine's mother was secretly a Christian, and sent her to a hermit who told her of a youth who surpassed her in everything, such that "His beauty was more radiant than the shining of the sun, His wisdom governed all creation, His riches were spread throughout all the world."^[1] Nickname: Alexandria on the map of Egypt Map of Alexandria Coordinates: , Country Egypt Founded 334 BC Government  - Governor Adel Labib Population (2001)  - City 3,500,000 Time zone EET (UTC+2)  - Summer (DST) EEST (UTC+3) Twin Cities  - Baltimore  United States  - Cleveland  United States  - ConstanÅ£a  Romania  - Durban  South Africa... For other uses, see Christian (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Hermit (disambiguation). ...

Having received a vision that urged her baptism, she became a Christian and was transported to heaven in vision and betrothed to Christ by the Virgin Mary (this ancient theme of a mystical marriage to a deity is familiar in the ecstatic mythology of the eastern Mediterranean and Anatolia). Baptism in early Christian art. ... Christ is the English term for the Greek word (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. ... The term Virgin Mary has several different meanings: Mary, the mother of Jesus, the historical and multi-denominational concept of Mary Blessed Virgin Mary, the Roman Catholic theological and doctrinal concept of Mary Marian apparitions shrines to the Virgin Mary Virgin Mary in Islam, the Islamic theological and doctrinal concept... Mystical marriage is a term equating the intimacy of a mystical relationship, as between a Christian mystic and God, with the natural intimacy between marital partners. ... Anatolia and Europe Anatolia (Turkish: from Greek: Ανατολία - Anatolia) is a peninsula of Western Asia which forms the greater part of the Asian portion of Turkey, as opposed to the European portion (Thrace, or traditionally Rumelia). ...

Martyrdom

Catherine's story goes on to relate how she is said to have visited the current Roman Emperor (who could have been Maximian, Maximinus II, or Maxentius) and to have attempted to convince him of the error of his ways in persecuting Christians. Her legend states that Catherine succeeded in converting his wife, the Empress, and also many pagan wise men sent to dispute with her by the Emperor, all of whom were subsequently martyred.^[1] The Emperor ordered Catherine into prison, and when the people who visited her converted, she was condemned to death on the breaking wheel (an instrument of torture). The wheel itself broke when she touched it, so she was beheaded. Ordinary Magistrates Extraordinary Magistrates Titles and Honors Emperor Politics and Law This article discusses the nature of the imperial dignity, and its dynastic development throughout the history of the Empire. ... Maximian Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus Herculius (c. ... Maximinus denarius Gaius Valerius Galerius Maximinus (20 November 270? - July/August, 313) Roman emperor from AD 308 to 313, was originally an Illyrian shepherd named Daia. ... Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius ( 278-28 October 312) was Western Roman Emperor from 306 to 312. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations · Other religions Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Archbishop of Canterbury · Catholic Pope Coptic Pope · Ecumenical Patriarch Christianity Portal This box:      Christianity is... Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the converts previous beliefs; in some cultures (e. ... Pagan and heathen redirect here. ... A philosopher is a person devoted to studying and producing results in philosophy. ... Murder is both a legal and a moral term, that are not always coincident. ... The breaking wheel (also known as the Catherine wheel; originally, the whele) was a torturous capital punishment device used in the Middle Ages and early modern times for public execution by cudgeling to death. ... Torture, according to international law, is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has... Decapitation (from Latin, caput, capitis, meaning head), or beheading, is the removal of a living organisms head. ...

In an elaboration of the legend, angels carried her body to Mount Sinai, where in the 6th century AD, the Eastern Emperor Justinian established Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, the church being built between 548 and 565. Saint Catherine's Monastery survives, a famous repository of early Christian art, architecture and illuminated manuscripts. For the Biblical Mount Sinai, and a discussion of its possible locations, see Biblical Mount Sinai. ... The 6th century is the period from 501 - 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era. ... Justinian I, depicted on a contemporary coin Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus or Justinian I (May 11, 483–November 13/14, 565), was Eastern Roman Emperor from AD August 1, 527 until his death. ... St. ... Events Belisarius is relieved of command over the Byzantine forces in Italy and replaced with Narses. ... Events January 22 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. ... Early Christian art and architecture is the art produced by Christians or under Christian patronage from about the year 200 to about the year 500. ... This article is about building architecture. ... In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, like this miniature of Christ in Majesty from the Aberdeen Bestiary (folio 4v), would be considered illuminated. ...

Her principal symbol is the spiked wheel, which has become known as the Catherine wheel, and her feast day is celebrated on 25 November in most Christian churches. However, her feast is celebrated on 24 November in the Russian Orthodox Church because Empress Catherine the Great did not wish to share her patronal feast with the Leavetaking^[5] of the feast of the Presentation of the Theotokos. Catherine Wheel is an alternative rock band from Great Yarmouth, England. ... is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 328th day of the year (329th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: ), also known as the Orthodox Christian Church of Russia, is a body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ... Catherine II of Russia, called the Great (Russian: Екатерина II Великая, Yekaterina II Velikaya; 2 May [O.S. 21 April] 1729 – 17 November [O.S. 6 November] 1796) reigned as Empress of Russia for 34 years, from June 28, 1762 until her death. ... The feast of the Presentation of Mary is not based on a Biblical event, but rather an incident mentioned in the Infancy Narrative of James. ...

History and veneration

Historians believe that Catherine ('the pure one') may not have existed and that she was more an ideal exemplary figure than a historical one.^[6] She did certainly form an exemplary counterpart to the pagan philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria in the medieval mindset; and it has been suggested that she was invented specifically for that purpose. Like Hypatia, she is said to have been highly learned (in philosophy and theology), very beautiful, sexually pure, and to have been brutally murdered for publicly stating her beliefs; 105 years before Hypatia's death (although first records mentioning her, or one of her variants, date much later). Pagan and heathen redirect here. ... An imagined portrait of Hypatia of Alexandria Hypatia of Alexandria (Greek: Υπατία; born between 350 and 370 AD – 415 AD) was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, the first notable woman in mathematics, and also taught in the fields of astronomy and astrology. ... The philosopher Socrates about to take poison hemlock as ordered by the court. ... Theology finds its scholars pursuing the understanding of and providing reasoned discourse of religion, spirituality and God or the gods. ...

Catherine of Alexandria, by Carlo Crivelli.

In 1969, the Roman Catholic Church removed her feast day (November 25) from its general calendar of saints published by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, citing a lack of historical evidence for her existence. In 2002, she was reincluded in the calendar.^[4] Between 1969 and 2002, concession was given by the Vatican to celebrate the feast just the same. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2473, 592 KB) Description: Title: de: Altarpolyptychon von San Francesco in Montefiore dell Aso, linke äußere Tafel: Hl. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x2473, 592 KB) Description: Title: de: Altarpolyptychon von San Francesco in Montefiore dell Aso, linke äußere Tafel: Hl. ... Annunciation with St Emidius (1486) 207x146,5 cm National Gallery, London Carlo Crivelli (c. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... “Catholic Church” redirects here. ... The calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organising a liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with a saint, and referring to the day as the saints day of that saint. ... is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (Congregatio de Cultu Divino et Disciplina Sacramentorum) is the congregation of the Roman Curia that handles most affairs relating to liturgical practices of the Latin Catholic Church as distinct from the Eastern Catholic Churches and also some technical matters... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

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"Ranked with St. Margaret and St. Barbara as one of the fourteen most helpful saints in heaven, she was unceasingly praised by preachers and sung by poets. It is a well known fact that Jacques-Benigne Bossuet dedicated to her one of his most beautiful panegyrics and that Adam of St. Victor wrote a magnificent poem in her honour: Vox Sonora nostri chori, etc." Several Saints Margaret exist: Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque Saint Margaret of Cortona Saint Margaret of England Saint Margaret of Scotland Saint Margaret the Virgin Saint Margaret the Widow See also Margaret Sainte-Marguerite This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... St. ... Fourteen Holy Helpers The Fourteen Holy Helpers are a group of saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because prayer to them was thought to be particularly effective, especially against various diseases. ... Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (September 27, 1627 - April 12, 1704) was a French bishop, theologian, and court preacher. ... A Panegyric is a formal public speech delivered in high praise of a person or thing, a generally high studied and undiscriminating eulogy. ... Adam of St. ...

The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Giuseppe Ribera, 1648. Catherine kisses an infant Jesus, who is held by the Virgin Mary. In the background are Saint Anne and Saint Joseph.

In many places her feast was celebrated with the utmost solemnity, servile work being suppressed and the devotions being attended by great numbers of people. In several dioceses of France it was observed as a Holy Day of Obligation up to the beginning of the seventeenth century, the splendor of its ceremonial eclipsing that of the feasts of some of the Apostles. Numberless chapels were placed under her patronage and her statue was found in nearly all churches, representing her according to medieval iconography with a wheel, her instrument of torture. Meanwhile, owing to several circumstances in his life, Saint Nicholas of Myra was considered the patron of young bachelors and students, and Saint Catherine became the patroness of young maidens and female students. Looked upon as the holiest and most illustrious of the virgins of Christ after the Blessed Virgin Mary, it was natural that she, of all others, should be worthy to watch over the virgins of the cloister and the young women of the world." Image File history File links Size of this preview: 440 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2024 × 2758 pixel, file size: 274 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 440 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2024 × 2758 pixel, file size: 274 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Penitent Saint Peter by Giuseppe Ribera Giuseppe Ribera (January 12, 1591 - 1652) was the name given in Italian to Jusepe (de) Ribera or José (de) Ribera, also called Lo Spagnoletto, or the Little Spaniard, a leading painter of the Neapolitan or partly of the Spanish school, who was born near... 1648 (MDCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. ... Virgin Mary redirects here. ... This article is about the mother of the Virgin Mary. ... For other uses, see Saint Joseph (disambiguation). ... In the Roman Catholic Church, the Holy Days of Obligation are the days, other than Sundays, on which the faithful are required to attend Mass. ... Alternate meaning: See Apostle (Mormonism) The Christian Apostles were Jewish men chosen from among the disciples, who were sent forth (as indicated by the Greek word απόστολος apostolos= messenger), by Jesus to preach the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles, across the... Look up Iconography in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The breaking wheel (also known as the Catherine wheel; originally, the whele) was a torturous capital punishment device used in the Middle Ages and early modern times for public execution by cudgeling to death. ... Saint Nicholas, also known as Nikolaus in Germany and Sinterklaas (a contracted form of Sint Nicolaas) in the Netherlands and Flanders, is the common name for the historical Saint Nicholas of Myra, who lived in 4th century Byzantine Anatolia, (now in modern Turkey) and had a reputation for secret gift... This page is about unmarried men; for the television show, see The Bachelor. ... For other uses, see Student (disambiguation). ... A maiden may refer to: A female virgin. ... “Our Lady” redirects here. ...

The spiked wheel having become emblematic of the saint, wheelwrights and mechanics placed themselves under her patronage. Finally, as according to tradition, she not only remained a virgin by governing her passions and conquered her executioners by wearying their patience, but triumphed in science by closing the mouths of sophists, her intercession was implored by theologians, apologists, pulpit orators, and philosophers. Before studying, writing, or preaching, they besought her to illumine their minds, guide their pens, and impart eloquence to their words. This devotion to St. Catherine which assumed such vast proportions in Europe after the Crusades, received additional éclat in France in the beginning of the fifteenth century, when it was rumored that she had spoken to Joan of Arc and, together with St. Margaret, had been divinely appointed Joan's adviser." The breaking wheel (also known as the Catherine wheel; originally, the whele) was a torturous capital punishment device used in the Middle Ages and early modern times for public execution by cudgeling to death. ... Wheelwright reenactor New Salem, Illinois Wheelwrights Workshop at the Amberley Working Museum, West Sussex, England A wheelwright is a person who builds or repairs wheels. ... Look up Mechanic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Sophism was originally a term for the techniques taught by a highly respected group of philosophy and rhetoric teachers in ancient Greece. ... Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... Apologetics is the field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position. ... For other uses of Ambo, see Ambo, Ethiopia, Kom Ombo, ambulance Ambo (band). ... Look up orator in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... This article is about the medieval crusades. ... Image of Joan of Arc, painted between 1450 and 1500 (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490). ... Margaret, with her palm of martyrdom, escapes the dragon Saint Margaret, also known as Margaret of Antioch, virgin and martyr, was formerly celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church on July 20. ...

Gallery

14th century icon of Saint Catherine Icon of Holy Martyr St. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Look up icon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...	Catherine of Alexandria by Raphael, c. 1507 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 464 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1256 × 1622 pixel, file size: 227 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. ... This article is about the Renaissance artist. ... 1507 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...	Catherine of Alexandria, by Callisto Piazza, circa 1540 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 440 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (770 × 1049 pixel, file size: 102 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) St. ... Year 1540 was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...	German woodcut, 15th century Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Four horsemen of the Apocalypse by Albrecht Dürer Ukiyo-e woodcut, Ishiyama Moon by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1889) Woodcut is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...
SS. Augustine, Catherine of Alexandria, and Anthony of Padua by Luca Signorelli, 1498 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 307 × 598 pixelsFull resolution (467 × 910 pixel, file size: 43 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) , by Luca Signorelli. ... fresco of the Last Judgment (1499) in Orvieto Cathedral Luca Signorelli (c. ... 1498 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...	Wooden sculpture of Catherine of Alexandria in the Sankt Franziskuskirche, Zwillbrock, Germany, 15th century Image File history File links Size of this preview: 454 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1796 × 2370 pixel, file size: 837 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...	St. Catherine by Mariano Gerada, 1818, Zurrieq-Malta Image File history File links Size of this preview: 396 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (585 × 885 pixel, file size: 236 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) —≠–Porfirju 18:03, 12 March 2007 (UTC) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...	St. Catherine Parish Church of Żejtun-Malta, that have a statue of St. Catherine by Andrea Imbroll, 1757 Image File history File links ZTN_city_center. ... Chapel of St. ...

See also

• Catherinettes
• Catherine wheel
• Saint Catherine of Alexandria, by Raphael
• Saint Catherine, by Caravaggio
• Catharina - Lunar crater named after St. Catherine
• Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai
• Santa Catalina Island - California Channel Island named after St. Catherine
• Se Cathedral - dedicated to Saint Catherine

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Notes

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References

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