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Katherine (/ k æ θ ə r ɪ n /), also spelled Catherine and other variations, is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are popular in countries where large Christian populations exist, because of its associations with one of the earliest Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria .
Katharine Bushnell (born Sophia Caroline Bushnell; February 5, 1855, in Evanston, Illinois – January 26, 1946) was a medical doctor, Christian writer, Bible scholar, social activist, and forerunner of feminist theology.
Catherine of Alexandria, also spelled Katherine, [a] was, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th 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 age 14, converted hundreds of people to ...
The earliest known use of the Greek name is in reference to one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. Cathrinus is a rare name. Cathrinus is a rare name. The name Cathrinus is mainly used in Dutch and Scandinavian -speaking countries, but has also been found in the German-speaking realm, e.g. as a Latinized surname in the 17th ...
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 ...
Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Catherine of the Wheel, or Great Martyr Saint Catherine (4th century); Catherine of Vadstena (c. 1332–1381), Swedish nun and author; Catherine of Siena (1347–1380), TOSD Italian philosopher, theologian, doctor of the church and patron saint of Italy
Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael.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.
The God We Worship: Conversations with Katherine Sonderegger. Barton: St. Mark's National Theological Centre, 2019. Systematic Theology, Volume 1: The Doctrine of God. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015. ISBN 9781451496659; That Jesus Christ Was Born a Jew: Karl Barth's Doctrine of Israel. Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992.