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|SaintName=Saint Catherine of Alexandria | |SaintName=Saint Catherine of Alexandria | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=November 25 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire | |SaintBirthPlace=Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=31.2001, 29.9187 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=31.2001, 29.9187 | ||
|DeathPlace=Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire | |DeathPlace=Alexandria, Egypt, Roman Empire | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=31.2001, 29.9187 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=31.2001, 29.9187 | ||
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|NotableLabel5=Santuario della Madonna del Porto (devotional site) | |NotableLabel5=Santuario della Madonna del Porto (devotional site) | ||
|NotableCoordinates5=42.4167, 12.1333 | |NotableCoordinates5=42.4167, 12.1333 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Egypt; Italy; France; Portugal | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Rome]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|Canonizer=Early Church | |Canonizer=Early Church | ||
|Profession=Virgin; martyr | |Profession=Virgin; martyr | ||
|Patronage=Alexandria; maidens; philosophers; students; wheelwrights; millers; educators; unmarried girls; craftsmen who work with a wheel (potters; spinners; etc.) | |Patronage=Alexandria; maidens; philosophers; students; wheelwrights; millers; educators; unmarried girls; craftsmen who work with a wheel (potters; spinners; etc.) | ||
|Attributes=Breaking wheel; sword; crown; book; palm of martyrdom | |Attributes=Breaking wheel; sword; crown; book; palm of martyrdom | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt | |PrimaryShrine=Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Coptic Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Coptic Orthodox Church; Anglican Communion | ||
|ReviewLevel=0 | |ReviewLevel=0 | ||
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'''Saint Catherine of Alexandria''', also known as '''Saint Catherine of the Wheel''' or '''the Great Martyr'', was a 4th-century Christian virgin martyr from Alexandria, Egypt, whose legendary life and death have made her one of the most venerated saints in both Eastern and Western traditions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Catherine of Alexandria |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=341 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> According to hagiographic accounts from the 9th-10th centuries, such as the ''Golden Legend'' by Jacobus de Voragine, Catherine was a noblewoman of exceptional intellect and beauty who converted to Christianity and publicly debated pagan philosophers, converting them before Emperor Maxentius ordered her tortured on a spiked wheel (hence her attribute) and ultimately beheaded around 305 AD during the Diocletianic Persecution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Catherine of Alexandria |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03445c.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> While her historicity is debated among scholars, with no contemporary records confirming her existence, early veneration is attested by her inclusion in the 4th-century martyrologies and the translation of her relics to Mount Sinai by the 6th century. | '''Saint Catherine of Alexandria''', also known as '''Saint Catherine of the Wheel''' or '''the Great Martyr'', was a 4th-century Christian virgin martyr from Alexandria, Egypt, whose legendary life and death have made her one of the most venerated saints in both Eastern and Western traditions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Catherine of Alexandria |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=341 |website=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> According to hagiographic accounts from the 9th-10th centuries, such as the ''Golden Legend'' by Jacobus de Voragine, Catherine was a noblewoman of exceptional intellect and beauty who converted to Christianity and publicly debated pagan philosophers, converting them before Emperor Maxentius ordered her tortured on a spiked wheel (hence her attribute) and ultimately beheaded around 305 AD during the Diocletianic Persecution.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Catherine of Alexandria |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03445c.htm |website=New Advent |access-date=2025-11-14}}</ref> While her historicity is debated among scholars, with no contemporary records confirming her existence, early veneration is attested by her inclusion in the 4th-century martyrologies and the translation of her relics to Mount Sinai by the 6th century. | ||