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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 (832 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Martyred in Alexandria, adored in Sinai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saint Catherine of Alexandria is understood to have died a virgin martyr at the beginning of the fourth century.
		One shows Saint Catherine preaching the gospel to a group of pagans and was donated to the church by the Emperor of Austria in 1849.
		Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai lies 440kms from Cairo and 309kms from the Canal tunnel.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /1998/375/trav1.htm (1065 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)

	Lives of the Saints, November 25, Saint Catherine
		Catherine was a noble virgin of Alexandria, born in the fourth century.
		Catherine before this event strove to strengthen the Christians against the fatal lures, repeating that the oracles vaunted by the infidels were pure illusion, originating in the depths of the lower regions.
		Catherine began by saying she was surprised that he obliged her to face, alone, fifty individuals, but she asked the grace of him, that if the true God she adored rendered her victorious, he would adopt her religion and renounce the cult of the demons.
	magnificat.ca /cal/engl/11-25.htm (923 words)

	Catherine of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The legend of Catherine continues that she was condemned to death on the wheel (an instrument of torture), but that it broke when she touched it, so she was beheaded.
		Her symbol is the spiked wheel, which became known as the Catherine wheel, and her feast day was formerly 25 November.
		In an elaboration of the legend, angels carried her body to Mt. Sinai, where in the 6th Century CE, the Eastern Emperor Justinian established Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, the church being built between 548-565.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/catherine_of_alexandria (680 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Catherine of Alexandria
		Soon afterwards the saint, who far from forsaking her Faith, effected so many conversions, was condemned to die on the wheel, but, at her touch, this instrument of torture was miraculously destroyed.
		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)

	World Myths and Legends in Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts)
		Catherine, if she existed, may have been the daughter of a nobleman but not of a king, since Alexandria was under Roman rule in 300 A.D. Although Maxentius was indeed the current Roman emperor (reigned 306-312 A.D.) with authority over the African provinces, he followed a policy of tolerance towards Christians.
		Whatever her origins, Saint Catherine of Alexandria was one of the most popular Christian saints in Europe during the later Middle Ages.
		She was the patron saint of young girls, students, clergy, philosophers, and craftspeople, such as wheelwrights, spinners, and millers, whose work centered on the wheel.
	www.artsmia.org /world-myths/viewallart/saint_background.html (711 words)

	Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of November 25 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	Catherine of Alexandria : Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The legend of Catherine continues that she was condemned to death on the wheel, but that it broke when she touched it, so she was beheaded.
		She did certainly form an important counterpart to Hypatia of Alexandria in the medieval mindset; and it has been suggested that she was invented specifically for that purpose.
		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.
	www.termsdefined.net /sa/saint-catherine-of-alexandria.html (761 words)

	Resources on the Saint Catherine from academic institutions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saint Catherine and a Bishop Saint (Getty Museum): Previous, Saint Catherine and a Bishop Saint.
		Catherine of Genoa:...von HÃ¼gel, Friedrich, The Mystical Element of Relgion as Studied in Saint Catherine of Genoa and Her Friends, 2 vols.
		Saints: Saint Jerome, and Pope Gregory I. It wasn't until much later that two women, Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Teresa of Ã?vila, were also given the honor.
	mongabay.org /conservation/Saint_Catherine.htm (1054 words)

	A History of Christianity in Egypt - The Saints
		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)

	Saint Catherine of Alexandria [French] (17.190.905) \| Object Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saint Catherine, depicted in the delicately jeweled statuette, was seen to embody the power of Christian erudition.
		According to legend, Saint Catherine's learned arguments on behalf of Christianity converted not only the court philosophers of the pagan emperor Maxentius, but 200 guardian soldiers and the ruler's wife as well.
		The virtuous saint is shown holding the spiked wheel upon which she was tortured before being decapitated.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/valo_1/hod_17.190.905.htm (147 words)

	Egypt Travel - Sinai, St Catherine's Monastery
		St. Catherine, whose body was reportedly carried away by angels, was discovered five hundred years later at the top of the peak that now bears her name.
		Catherine's is also a formidable fortification, with granite walls 40 to 200 feet tall, surrounded by gardens and cypresses.
		Prior to probably the twentieth century, the only entrance to St. Catherine's was a small door 30 feet high, where provisions and people were lifted with a system of pulleys, and where food was often lowered to nomads.
	interoz.com /egypt/Catherines.htm (419 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 (1750 words)

	Saint Catherine of Alexandria - The Society and Culture Beat - SearchBeat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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.
	www.searchbeat.com /Society/ReligionandSpirituality/Christianity/People/Saints/C/SaintCatherineofAlexandria (265 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)

	Popular saints in Portugal: Saint Catherine
		Catherine is believed to have been born in Alexandria of a noble family.
		Catherine's was one of the voices heard by St. Joan of Arc.
		It is highly possible that, from the point of view of that class, the philosopher saint who defeated the arguments of the Neoplatonists of Alexandria was a remedy against the humanist and liberating ideas of the period.
	www.portcult.com /OPS_08.htm (664 words)

	Encyclopaedia Britannica: Catherine Of Alexandria, Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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. Catherine of Alexandria - Saint of the Day - American Catholic
		Sentenced to be executed on a spiked wheel, Catherine touched the wheel and it shattered.
		Centuries later, angels are said to have carried the body of St. Catherine to a monastery at the foot of Mt. Sinai.
		Catherine is one of the 14 Holy Helpers, venerated especially in Germany and Hungary.
	www.americancatholic.org /Features/SaintOfDay?id=1616 (339 words)

	Catherine of Alexandria, Martyr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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).
	www.justus.anglican.org /resources/bio/292.html (391 words)

	St. Catherine of Alexandria
		Eusebius,[2] "father of Church history," writing around the year 320, had heard of a noble young Christian woman of Alexandria whom the Emperor ordered to come to his palace, presumably to become his mistress, and who, on refusing, was punished by banishment and the confiscation of her estates.
		According to the popular tradition, Catherine was born of a patrician family of Alexandria and from childhood had devoted herself to study.
		The text of the of this illustrious saint states that her body was carried by angels to Mount Sinai, where a church and monastery were afterwards built in her honor.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/CATHERIN.HTM (706 words)

	About St. Catherine of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	St. Catherine of Alexandria - Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the patron saint of philosophers and unmarried women, was martyred in the year 310 AD.
		Catherine of Alexandria Parish is located in a section of Westford known as Graniteville.
		St. Catherine's Church was dedicated on June 17, 1935 and the last Mass was celebrated in the old church across the street on the same day.
	www.westford.com /StCatherines/mission.html (674 words)

	Saint Catherine Of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		...of Saint Catherine 65kb jpg Saint Catherine 102kb jpg Saint Catherine of Alexandria 66kb jpg Saint Catherine 119kb Saint Catherine of...
		The story of Catherine of Alexandria has caught the popular imagination of many generations (she is, for example, one of the personages from whom...
		The miniature of Saint Catherine of Alexandria tended by angels opens the suffrage to the saint in this luxuriously illuminated book of hours.
	www.travellouisiana.info /browse/saint-catherine-of-alexandria.html (176 words)

	The Studio Closet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Catherine was to be executed on a mechanical device that consisted of spiked wheels.
		Catherine is the patron saint of philosophers, maidens, and also mechanics because of her association with the wheel.
		As this painting illustrates, St. Catherine is often shown along with her attributes, the broken spiked wheel, and the executioner's sword.
	www.chakrastudio.com /closet.htm (289 words)

	St. Catherine of Alexandria, Plinio Correa de Oliveira commentary on the Saint of the Day, November 25 @ ...
		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: 2007-10-21)
		She was the daughter of a wealthy pagan couple of Alexandria, Egypt.
		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.
	www.tntt.org /vni/tlieu/saints/St1125.htm (258 words)

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