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𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲: 𝐀 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟓 • 𝐒𝐭. 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚
𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐓
According to the Legend of St. Catherine, this young woman converted to Christianity after receiving a vision. At the age of 18, she debated 50 pagan philosophers. Amazed at her wisdom and debating skills, they became Christians—as did about 200 soldiers and members of the emperor’s family. All of them were martyred.
Sentenced to be executed on a spiked wheel, Catherine touched the wheel and it shattered. She was beheaded. Centuries later, angels are said to have carried the body of Saint Catherine to a monastery at the foot of Mt. Sinai.
Devotion to her spread as a result of the Crusades. She was invoked as the patroness of students, teachers, librarians and lawyers. Catherine is one of the 14 Holy Helpers, venerated especially in Germany and Hungary.
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𝘐𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘢, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘯.
