CATHARINE, ST., OF ALEXANDRIA
- CATHARINE, ST., OF ALEXANDRIA
a virgin who, in 307, suffered martyrdom after torture on the wheel, which has since borne her name; is represented in art as in a vision presented to Christ by His Mother as her sole husband, who gives her a ring. Festival, Nov. 25.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
James Wood.
1907.
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