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St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota was founded in 1905 by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and named for St. Catherine of Alexandria. [53] University of Saint Katherine in San Marcos, California is the first Eastern Orthodox Christian university in the United States and the English-speaking world.
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.
Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1598) is an oil painting (173x133 cm) by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, painted from 1598-1599. It is part of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection of Madrid . History and description
Articles relating to Catherine of Alexandria, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early fourth century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius.According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar who became a Christian around the age of 14, converted hundreds of people to Christianity and was martyred around the age of eighteen.
A rare version with both saints: Ambrogio Bergognone, The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Catherine of Siena. The mystical marriage of Saint Catherine covers two different subjects often shown in Catholic art arising from visions received by either Catherine of Alexandria or Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), in which these virgin saints went through a mystical ...
The Church of St Catherine of Alexandria (Maltese: Knisja ta' Santa Katerina), commonly known as the Church of St Catherine of Italy (Maltese: Knisja ta' Santa Katerina tal-Italja, Italian: Chiesa di Santa Caterina d'Italia) is a Roman Catholic church in Valletta, Malta.
Saint Catherine of Alexandra is a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi.It is in the collection of the Uffizi, Florence. [1] Gentileschi likely used the same cartoon or preparatory drawing to create both this painting and the Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1615–1617), now in the National Gallery, London.
Saint Catherine of Alexandria is an oil tempera on beech board painting by Bohemian Gothic painter Master Theodoric. It stands out among Theodoric's paintings in the Chapel of the Holy Cross, especially for her richly decorated clothing. The painting is exhibited in the collection of medieval art of the National Gallery in Prague. [1]