Saint Catherine of Alexandria

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Christian martyr legendary figure saint virgin martyr

Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a legendary early Christian martyr and scholar venerated for her wisdom, eloquent defense of the faith, and steadfast refusal to renounce Christianity despite brutal torture and execution.

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Label	Occurrences
Saint Catherine of Alexandria canonical	38
Saint Catherine	4
Saint Catharine of Alexandria	3
Catherine of Alexandria	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian martyr ⓘ legendary figure ⓘ saint ⓘ virgin martyr ⓘ
allegedMartyrdomUnder	Maxentius ⓘ surface form: Emperor Maxentius
associatedWith	Catherine wheel ⓘ
commemoratedBy	numerous churches dedicated in her honor ⓘ numerous works of Christian art ⓘ
cultPopularity	Byzantine culture ⓘ surface form: Byzantine world medieval Western Europe ⓘ
feastDay	25 November ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
influenceOnDevotion	Catherine of Siena ⓘ
knownFor	eloquent defense of the Christian faith ⓘ steadfast refusal to renounce Christianity ⓘ wisdom ⓘ
legendaryBirthPlace	Alexandria ⓘ
legendaryEra	early 4th century ⓘ
legendaryEvent	conversion of philosophers sent to dispute her ⓘ conversion of some of her jailers ⓘ miraculous destruction of the torture wheel ⓘ miraculous transport of her body to Mount Sinai ⓘ
liturgicalStatus	removed from the General Roman Calendar in 1969 ⓘ restored as an optional memorial in 2002 ⓘ
majorShrine	Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ surface form: Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai
martyrdomCause	beheading ⓘ
martyrdomMethodInLegend	attempted torture on a spiked wheel ⓘ
patronage	girls ⓘ librarians ⓘ millers ⓘ nurses ⓘ philosophers ⓘ spinners ⓘ students ⓘ teachers ⓘ unmarried women ⓘ wheelwrights ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
scholarlyStatusInLegend	highly educated ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
symbol	book ⓘ crown ⓘ palm of martyrdom ⓘ spiked wheel ⓘ sword ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Lutheranism ⓘ surface form: Lutheran Churches Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
virginityStatusInLegend	consecrated virgin ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Diocletianic Persecution → notableMartyr → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Kathleen → nameDayTraditionLinkedTo → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine

St Catharine’s College, Cambridge → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catharine of Alexandria

Saint Catherine → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Lübeck Katharineum → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Mount Catherine → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Fourteen Holy Helpers → hasMember → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Santa Catarina River → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine

Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers → hasPatronSaint → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Kathryn → associatedWith → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Caterina → nameDayAssociatedWith → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Saint Catherine’s Monastery → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Joan of Arc → claimedToReceiveVisionsFrom → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

St Catherine’s College, Oxford → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam → dedicatedTo → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine

Saint Catherine Church in Nowy Targ → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catherine

“Saint Catherine of Alexandria” by Caravaggio → depicts → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Caravaggio)

“Saint Catherine of Alexandria” by Caravaggio → hasTitle → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: Saint Catherine of Alexandria (Caravaggio)

Santa Catalina Mountains → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Catz → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

subject surface form: St Catharine’s College, Cambridge

this entity surface form: Saint Catharine of Alexandria

St. Catharina Church, Eindhoven → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

St Catharine’s → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Catharine of Alexandria

Sainte-Catherine Church → dedicatedTo → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Sainte-Catherine Church → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Magdeburg Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Dresden Triptych → depicts → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

former Dominican monastery of St. Katharinen → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Chapel of St. Catherine → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Chapel of St. Catherine → dedicatedTo → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Saint Catherine mountain range → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Se Cathedral → dedicatedTo → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Se Cathedral → patronSaint → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Jabal Katrinah → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Katharina → nameDayAssociatedWith → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Vierzehn Nothelfer → hasMember → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Municipality of Santa Catarina, Nuevo León → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Żejtun → hasPatronSaint → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Bertinoro → hasPatronSaint → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

St. Catherine's Cathedral, Utrecht → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Andrea Vaccaro → notableWork → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Fort St. Catherine → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Katarina Church → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

Mausoleum of Emperor Ferdinand II → dedicatedTo → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

St Catherine's Day → honors → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

St Catherine's Day → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Catherine of Alexandria

Saint Catherine’s Church, Saint Petersburg → namedAfter → Saint Catherine of Alexandria ⓘ