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	Catherine of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The legend of Catherine continues that she was condemned to death on the breaking wheel (an instrument of torture), but that it broke when she touched it, so she was beheaded.
		In 2002, Catherine was reincluded in the Roman Catholic calendar of saints published by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments [2].
		This devotion to St. Catherine which assumed such vast proportions in Europe after the Crusades, received additional eclat in France in the beginning of the fifteenth century, when it was rumoured that she had appeared to Joan of Arc and, together with St. Margaret, had been divinely appointed Joan's adviser.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catherine_of_Alexandria (845 words)

	CATHERINE - LoveToKnow Article on CATHERINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		ST CATHERINE DE Ricci, of Florence, daughter of a wealthy merchant prince, was born in 1522, became a nun in the convent of the Dominicans at Prato in 1536, and died in 1589.
		That St Catherine actually existed there is, indeed, no evidence to disprove; and it is possible that some of the elements in her legend are due to confusion with the story of Hypatia (q.v.), the neo-platonic philosopher of Alexandria, who was done to death by a Christian mob.
		St Catherine of Siena was the youngest of the twenty-five children of Giacomo di Benincasa, a dyer, and was born, with a twin-sister who did not survive her birth, on the st 25th of March 1347.
	32.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CATHERINE.htm (2306 words)

	Catherine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Catherine wheel is a symbol of St. Catherine of Alexandria.
		Catherine Howard was the fifth wife of Henry VIII, king of England.
		Catherine Parr was the sixth wife of Henry VIII, king of England.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Catherine (257 words)

	St. Catherine of Alexandria
		Catherine, virgin and martyr, is honored in both the Western and Eastern churches on November 25, the traditional date of her martyrdom in Alexandria, Egypt.
		Another statement made in the legend of St. Catherine is that before her death she had already reached the heights of contemplation, and in a vision of Mary and the Christchild had received the grace of being accepted by Him as His mystical spouse.
		St. Catherine caught the fancy of everyday Christians and from the tenth to the eighteenth century, she was venerated as one of the fourteen most powerful saints (the "Fourteen Holy Helpers").
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id455.htm (660 words)

	St. Catherine of Alexandria - Olga's Gallery
		Catherine of Alexandria was born to a noble family of Alexandria; she refused to marry the Emperor Maxetius himself because of her previous “mystic marriage” to Christ.
		Catherine of Alexandria is patron saint of young girls, students, clergy, wheelwrights and millers.
		Augustine, Catherine of Alexandria, and Anthony of Padua.
	www.abcgallery.com /saints/catherine.html (339 words)

	Holy GreatMartyress Catherine of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Holy GreatMartyress Catherine was the daughter of the governor of Alexandrian Egypt Constus during the reign of the emperor Maximian (305-313).
		Catherine's mother, a secret Christian, sent her for advice to her own spiritual father -- a saintly elder pursuing prayerful deeds in solitude in a cave not far from the city.
		In parting, the elder handed Catherine an icon of the Mother of God with the God-Child Jesus on Her arm and bid her to pray with faith to the Queen of Heaven -- the Mother of the Heavenly Bridegroom -- for the bestowing of the vision of Her Son.
	www.st-catherine.ru /en/st-catherine (930 words)

	November 25 Saints of the Day
		The story of Saint Catherine continues during the time of the emperor’s efforts to persuade her to marry him; he put to death his converted wife and the captain of his guards who had received Baptism with two hundred of his soldiers.
		The story of Saint Catherine continues with the discovery of the intact body of a young and beautiful girl on Mount Sinai in the ninth century, that is, four centuries later.
		Catherine is one of the 14 Holy Helpers, venerated especially in Germany and Hungary.
	www.religion-cults.com /saints/november25.htm (380 words)

	Encyclopedia: Catherine of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		(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 of the Presentation of the Theotokos.) Icon of Holy Martyr St....
		Of noble birth and learned in the sciences, when only eighteen years old, Catherine presented herself to the Emperor Maximinus who was violently persecuting the Christians, upbraided him for his cruelty and endeavoured to prove how iniquitous was the worship of false gods.
		Catherine's, one of six parishes in the city, is a part of the sprawling Diocese of San Bernardino.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Catherine-of-Alexandria (1944 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Catherine of Alexandria
		A virgin and martyr whose feast is celebrated in the Latin Church and in the various Oriental churches on 25 November, and who for almost six centuries was the object of a very popular devotion.
		Nicholas of Myra, was considered the patron of young bachelors and students, St. Catherine became the patroness of young maidens and female students.
		This devotion to St. Catherine which assumed such vast proportions in Europe after the Crusades, received additional eclat in France in the beginning of the fifteenth century, when it was rumoured that she had appeared to Joan of Arc and, together with St.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03445a.htm (853 words)

	Site of the Church of St.Catherine of Alexandria. page.
		The Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria is the first parish of the Roman Catholic Church founded in Russia.
		In 1992 the crucifix was returned to the church of St. Catherine of Alexandria.
		The restoration of the church interior started with the chapel of the Annunciation, which was consecrated in October 1998 in honour of the Appearances of the Blessed Virgin in Fatima.
	catherine.spb.ru /page_e.phtml?query=eng_history (776 words)

	A History of Christianity in Egypt - The Saints (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Saint Catherine was a young Christian woman of noble birth and thus quite well-educated, when at the age of eighteen she presented herself to Emperor Maximinus Daia who was carrying out a persecution of the Christians.
		Saint Catherine has been ranked with Saints Margaret and Barbara as one of the "fourteen most helpful saints in Heaven." In several dioceses in France her feast day was regarded as a Holy Day of Obligation up until the seventeenth century.
		Saint Cyril was the successor and nephew of Theophilus, Pope of Alexandria.
	www.touregypt.net /chiste3.htm (3761 words)

	St. Catherine of Alexandria, Egypt, Catholic Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Catherine, legend has it, was well educated and of noble birth.
		Catherine was then broken on the wheel, which has become the symbol identified with her, and was beheaded, after which angels solemnly carried her body to Mt. Sinai, according to early accounts.
		During the Middle Ages, Catherine became a cult figure, and pilgrimages were made from all over Europe to her resting place.
	wesley.nnu.edu /DACB/DACBCDFILES/stories/egypt/catherine_alexandria.html (460 words)

	St. Catherine of Alexandria
		The Maronite scholar, Joseph Simon Assemani (1687-1768), first identified her with the royal and wealthy lady of Alexandria who, for refusing the solicitations of the emperor Maximinus, was deprived of her property and banished.
		Catherine was then scourged and cast into prison, and the empress was sent to reason with her; but the dauntless virgin converted not only the empress but the Roman general and his soldiers who had accompanied her.
		That St. Catherine actually existed there is, indeed, no evidence to disprove; and it is possible that some of the elements in her legend are due to confusion with the story of Hypatia, the neo-platonic philosopher of Alexandria, who was done to death by a Christian mob.
	www.nndb.com /people/249/000095961 (507 words)

	St. Catherine of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		She was tortured on a wheel (hence the Catherine Wheel of firework displays) but the wheel broke apart and she was ultimately beheaded.
		The cult of St. Catherine centres on the famous monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai which bears her name.
		Although scholars maintain that none of this story is true.(and she was indeed removed from the revised Roman Calendar in 1969), she enjoyed immense popularity thanks to the influence of the Crusaders and the widely distributed medieval "Golden Legend" with its lives of saints.
	www.hullp.demon.co.uk /SacredHeart/saint/StCatherineAL.htm (160 words)

	St. Catherine's Monastery (Sinai) - OrthodoxWiki
		Catherine's Monastery is a monastery on the Sinai peninsula, at the foot of Mount Sinai, in Egypt.
		In the 9th century, the site was associated with St. Catherine of Alexandria (whose relics were miraculously transported there) and it became a favourite site for pilgrimages.
		The archbishop is traditionally consecrated by the Patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem, though he is not the patriarch's subject.
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /St._Catherine's_Monastery_(Sinai) (626 words)

	About Saint Catherine of Alexandria School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Saint Catherine of Alexandria Elementary School was founded in 1954 to provide the members of the Parish with a high quality, Christ-centered, academic education at he elementary school level.Since that time, the school has grown to be one of the highest quality parochial schools in the area.
		Saint Catherine's School is fully accredited by the Western Catholic Education Association and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
		Saint Catherine of Alexandria School admits children of any race, color, national origin and does not discriminate on the basis of sex.in its admission policies of employment practices.Priority is given to:
	www.stcathriv.org /about.html (320 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of November 25
		Catherine symbolizes the ideal marriage of philosophy and religion--the "mystical" marriage.
		The monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai is renowned as being the oldest continuously occupied monastery in Christendom.
		Catherine was sentenced to be killed by means of a wheel set with spikes or razors, now known as "St. Catherine's wheel." When she was placed upon its rim, her bonds were miraculously loosened, the wheel broke, and the spikes flew off, killing onlookers.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/1125.htm (1455 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : November 25, 2003 : Catherine of Alexandria
		Catherine, virgin of Alexandria, devoted herself to the pursuit of knowledge; at the age of eighteen, she surpassed all her contemporaries in science.
		Catherine's next torture consisted of being placed upon a wheel with sharp and pointed knives; from her lacerated body prayers ascended to heaven and the infernal machine fell to pieces.
		Read more about the history of the Church of Alexandria and the Council of Chalcedon where the Coptic Church broke from the bark of Peter and pray for the reunion of all Eastern Churches under the Pope.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2003-11-25 (776 words)

	Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The story of Catherine of Alexandria has caught the popular imagination of many generations (she is, for example, one of the personages from whom Joan of Arc claimed to receive regular visits and messages), although most scholars judge it to be simply a work of fiction with no historical basis.
		It is said that Catherine was a Christian maiden of Alexandria in Egypt, possessed of beauty, brains, and noble birth.
		Catherine is patron of preachers, philosophers, librarians (probably association with the Library of Alexandria), young girls, and craftsmen working with a wheel (potters, spinners, etc).
	justus.anglican.org /resources/bio/292.html (391 words)

	GiGiBeads - St. Catherine of Alexandria Chaplet
		Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr - Essay relates her story.
		The Ecole Glossary: Catherine of Alexandria - Short hagiographical essay on this saint, beheaded c.
		Catherine, Saint - Brief entry on Catherine of Alexandria in the Columbia Encyclopedia.
	gigibeads.net /prayerbeads/saints/catherinealexandria.html (832 words)

	Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Miscellaneous, Free Essays @ ChuckIII College Resources
		While there is no actual proof of Saint Catherine of Alexandria’s life, as a result of the numerous medieval cults that existed centuries after her death, her legend lives on.
		Amazed by Catherine’s wisdom and beauty, the king offered her a position equal to that of the queen’s in power and prestige, and promised that a statue of her would be built.
		The Cult of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and its Resonances in Medieval and Post-Reformation Sweden.
	www.chuckiii.com /Reports/Miscellaneous/Saint_Catherine_of_Alexandria.shtml (1738 words)

	A prayer to Saint Catherine of Alexandria
		This is a prayer to St. Catherine, as well as other saints and of course to God.
		Catherine of Alexandria was the patron saint of students, scholars and philosophers, so naturally she was popular with the learned poets of Ireland.
		It would be especially fitting for Catherine as a Greek Egyptian to wear such a crown of victory.
	www.karott.com /gaelic/reference/Irish_Poetry/A_prayer_to_Saint_Catherine_of_Alexandria.htm (338 words)

	Encyclopaedia Britannica: Catherine Of Alexandria, Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Catherine of Alexandria, detail from "The Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine," by Filippino Lippi;
		The spiked wheel (whence the term catherine wheel) by which she was sentenced to be killed broke, and she was then beheaded.
		Joan of Arc claimed that Catherine's was among the heavenly voices that spoke to her.
	www.katarinka.sk /katarina/britan.htm (182 words)

	St. John's Episcopal Church: Stained Glass: St. Catherine of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Catherine was, according to her legend, the daughter of a fourth century noble family of Alexandria, some even say the daughter of Costis, the brother of Emperor Constantine, and Sabinella, daughter of the King of Egypt.
		The veneration of Catherine became widespread in the east in the tenth century, and it spread to the west during the time of the Crusades.
		Catherine is often portrayed with the spiked wheel of her torture, although it is not pictured in this window.
	stjohns-stamford.org /chapel/catherine.html (651 words)

	Sunbirds.com: St. Catherine of Alexandria - Russian Lacquer item (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He was the Emperor of Rome from 306 to 312 A.D. He selected Alexandria as capital of his part of the Empire, which was also being run in part by Constantine the Great and Licinius.
		Catherine was determined to open the eyes of Maxentius to the grave cruelty of his actions towards the Christians.
		Catherine is dressed in lavish, Renaissance costume and the architecture is Italian, completed in Renaissance perspective.
	www.sunbirds.com /lacquer/box/250635 (1109 words)

	St. Catherine of Alexandria, Plinio Correa de Oliveira commentary on the Saint of the Day, November 25 @ ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		But St. Catherine did not weep, she was calm, serene, and walked unswervingly toward death, inundated by another kind of grace of the Holy Ghost.
		Catherine was born in Alexandria of a patrician family.
		Catherine is one of the 14 Holy Helpers, was one of the voices heard by St. Joan of Arc.
	www.traditioninaction.org /SOD/j103sdCatherineAlexandria11-25.htm (1596 words)

	November 25 Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Catherine herself was placed on a wheel full of spikes to be tortured to death.
		Catherine of Alexandria saw the beauty in her Christian beliefs.
		Catherine to help us grow in love for the truths of our faith as she did.
	www.tntt.org /vni/tlieu/saints/St1125.htm (258 words)

	About St. Catherine of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Catherine of Alexandria was was born in Egypt in the 4th century.
		Catherine was put in prison where she met and befriended Faustina, Maxentius' wife.
		When Catherine refused to marry him, Maxentius had her strapped to a "Catherine wheel," an implement of torture designed to maim and kill.
	www.stcofa.org /about.htm (189 words)

	Catherine of Alexandria, St - Rijksmuseum
		Catherine of Alexandria, St Catherine of Alexandria, St 1 - St Catharine of Alexandria
		She was a princess from Alexandria and was knowledgeable even as a child.
		The child places a ring on the saint's finger.
	www.rijksmuseum.nl /aria/aria_encyclopedia/00046854?lang=en (218 words)

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