Catherine was from Alexandria, Egypt.
Catherine of Alexandria was from Alexandria, Egypt.
She was born in Alexandria, Egypt.
St. Catherine's Monastery in Sinai, Mount St. Catherine in Egypt, and the Catherine Wheel firework are named after Catherine of Alexandria. She is also the patron saint of scholars, philosophers, and preachers.
St. Catherine of Alexandria.
St. Catherine of Alexandria.
She is said to have appeared to Joan of Arc.
The patron saints of secretaries are St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Genesius of Arles.
derived from Catherine, which was derived from the Ancient Greek Aikaterine. Catherine is attributed to St. Catherine of Alexandria and the Greek goddess Hecate.
There were multiple saints known as St. Catherine in the world, but the most famous is St. Catherine of Alexandria, a Christian martyr from the 4th century. Other St. Catherines include St. Catherine of Siena, a 14th-century mystic and Doctor of the Church, and St. Catherine LabourΓ©, who had visions of the Virgin Mary in the 19th century.
According to legend, St. Catherine of Alexandria was beheaded in 305 CE, in Alexandria. However, we can not even be sure whether Catherine of Alexandria actually existed.St. Catherine was never mentioned before the ninth century, and some assiduous research has failed to identify Catherine with any historical person. Donald Attwater calls the story of St. Catherine the most preposterous legend of its kind, citing the lack of any positive evidence that she ever existed outside the mind of some Greek writer who first composed what he intended to be simply an edifying romance. Even her name, which comes from the Greek katharos, ('pure'), is suspiciously apt for a virgin martyr, raising the possibility that her legend originated as an allegory. With no reliable information about St. Catherine, we can not say that any of the traditions about how or when she died are true.
Catherine of Alexandria was born in Alexandria, Egypt.