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St. Catherine's taffy is a candy made by French Canadian girls to honor St. Catherine, the patron saint of unmarried women on her feast day. St. Catherine's Day is sometimes known in among French-Canadians as "taffy day", a day when marriage-age girls would make taffy for eligible boys.
Scenes from the Life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Germany, c. 15th century, Walters Art Museum. Countless images of Saint Catherine are depicted in art, especially in the late Middle Ages, which is also the time that the account of Saint Catherine's Mystical Marriage makes its first literary appearance.
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The year of her martyrdom was traditionally held to have been 305 (the year of a major persecution of Christians under Galerius), and her feast day was celebrated on 25 November. In 1969, the Church removed her from the calendar of saints, persuaded by the overwhelming opinion of historians that Catherine had probably never existed. By 2002 ...
At Karlštejn Castle, St Catherine's Chapel served as the private oratory of Emperor Charles IV who believed that she saved his life when, on her feast day of 25 November 1332, he achieved victory in the Battle of San Felice in northern Italy. St Catherine was worshipped as the bride of Christ, promising herself to him as a child, and as the ...
Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Barbara, Agatha, and Margaret – painting by Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (MET, 32.100.83a–d) Items portrayed in this file depicts
In the painting, Catherine of Alexandria is looking upward in ecstasy and leaning on a wheel, an allusion to the breaking wheel (or Catherine wheel) of her martyrdom. [ 1 ] It was painted c. 1507–1509 , towards the end of Raphael's sojourn in Florence, and shows the young artist in a transitional phase.