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Catherine of Alexandria

Gender

Female

Floruit (period)

Early Christian

Floruit date range

? - ?

Description

There is no ancient cult, no mention in early martyrologies, no early works of art. Her cult began in the ninth century at Mount Sinai. Her legend makes her a noble girl, persecuted for her Christianity, who despised marriage with the Emperor because she was a 'bride of Christ'; she protested against the persecution of Christians by Maxentius, was tortured on a wheel, and died by be-heading. (ODS, 95.)