St. Catherine
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- Saint Catherine of AlexandriaCatherine of AlexandriaSaint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands of the pagan emperor Maxentius...
(4th century), also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine - Saint Caterina VolpicelliCaterina VolpicelliCaterina Volpicelli was an Italian nun, foundress of the Congregation “Ancelle del Sacro Cuore di Gesù” . She was proclaimed Blessed by Joan Paul II in 2001 and Saint on April 26, 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI....
(1839–1894) - Saint Catherine of BolognaCatherine of BolognaSaint Catherine of Bologna, O.S.C. was an Italian nun, artist and saint.The patron saint of artists and against temptations, Catherine de'Vigri was venerated for nearly three centuries in her native Bologna before being formally canonized, in 1712...
(1413–1463) - Saint Catherine of Genoa (circa 1447–1510)
- Saint Catherine LaboureCatherine LabouréSaint Catherine Labouré was a sister of the Daughters of Charity and a Marian visionary who relayed the request from the Blessed Virgin Mary to create the Miraculous Medal worn by millions of Catholics and even non-Catholics today.- Early life :She was born in the Burgundy region of France to...
(1806–1876) - Saint Catherine of RicciCatherine of RicciSt. Catherine de' Ricci O.P. was an Italian Catholic saint.Born in Florence, she was born Alessandra Lucrezia Romola de' Ricci. At age 13, her father put her in the Monticelli convent near their home where she received an education. After a short time outside the convent, at 14, she went to the...
, O.P.Dominican OrderThe Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
(1522–1590) - Saint Catherine of SienaCatherine of SienaSaint Catherine of Siena, T.O.S.D, was a tertiary of the Dominican Order, and a Scholastic philosopher and theologian. She also worked to bring the papacy of Gregory XI back to Rome from its displacement in France, and to establish peace among the Italian city-states. She was proclaimed a Doctor...
, O.P.Dominican OrderThe Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
(Doctor of the Church, 1347–1380) - Saint Catherine of Sweden (circa 1332–1381)
- Saint Katharine Mary DrexelKatharine DrexelSaint Katharine Drexel, S.B.S., was an American Religious Sister, heiress, philanthropist and educator, later canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.-Life and religious work:...
(1858–1955) - Blessed Kateri TekakwithaKateri TekakwithaKateri Tekakwitha or Catherine Tekakwitha was a Mohawk-Algonquian woman from New York and an early convert to Catholicism, who has been beatified in the Roman Catholic Church.-Her life:...
(1656–1680) - Blessed Catherine JarrigeCatherine JarrigeBlessed Catherine Jarrige , known as Catinon Menette, a beatified third-order Dominican of the Catholic Church.- Youth :...
(1754–1836) - Blessed Catherine of RacconigiCatherine of RacconigiThe Blessed Catherine of Racconigi, T.O.S.D., was a member of the Dominican Order of the Roman Catholic Church. She is recognized for being a mystic and a stigmatic.-Biography:...
(1487–1574) - Blessed Anne Catherine EmmerichAnne Catherine EmmerichBlessed Anne Catherine Emmerich was a Roman Catholic Augustinian nun, stigmatic, mystic, visionary and ecstatic....
(1774–1824) - Blessed Catherine de Saint-AugustinCatherine de Saint-AugustinCatherine de Saint-Augustin, born Marie-Catherine de Simon de Longpré is a Canadian Catholic saint and founder of the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec. Her feast is celebrated on May 8 and she was beatified on April 23, 1989.-References:...
(1632–1668)
UK
- St Catharine's College, CambridgeSt Catharine's College, CambridgeSt. Catharine’s College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473, the college is often referred to informally by the nickname "Catz".-History:...
- St Catherine's College, OxfordSt Catherine's College, OxfordSt Catherine's College, often called Catz, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its motto is Nova et Vetera...
- St Catherine, SomersetSt Catherine, SomersetSt Catherine is a small village and civil parish in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, England. The parish has a population of 69.-History:St Catherine was part of the hundred of Bath Forum.-Governance:...
- St. Catherines, LincolnSt. Catherines, LincolnSt. Catherine's is an area of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, at the end of the High Street and centred around a roundabout on the junction of the B1262 High Street with the A15, B1190 and South Park Avenue . The area is bordered by the South Common in the east and the River Witham in the west.-St...
, Lincoln, LincolnshireLincoln, LincolnshireLincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779.... - St Catherine's Catholic High SchoolSt Catherine's Catholic High SchoolSt Catherine's Catholic High School is a Catholic comprehensive secondary school in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. The school is named after Catherine of Siena....
, Halifax, West Yorkshire - St. Catherine's Hill, HampshireSt. Catherine's Hill, HampshireSt. Catherine's Hill is a small but dramatic chalk hill to the south east of Winchester in Hampshire, England. Rising steeply some from the water meadows of the River Itchen, the summit of the hill at provides a fine view over Winchester....
, Hampshire - St. Catherine's Down, Isle of Wight
- St. Catherine's Oratory, Isle of Wight
- St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight
- St. Catherine of LedburyLedburyLedbury is a town in Herefordshire, England, lying east of Hereford, and south of the Malvern Hills.Today, Ledbury is a thriving market town in rural England. The town has a large number of timber framed buildings, in particular along Church Lane and High Street. One of Ledbury's most outstanding...
- St Catherines, Argyll and ButeSt Catherines, Argyll and ButeSt Catherines is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It is located on the banks of Loch Fyne opposite Inveraray and is serviced by the A815 road....
Canada
- St. Catharines
- St. Catharines (electoral district)St. Catharines (electoral district)St. Catharines is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1968.It consists of the part of the City of St. Catharines lying north of a line drawn from west to east along St. Paul Street West, St...
- Mount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St. Catherines, Newfoundland and LabradorMount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St. Catherines, Newfoundland and LabradorMount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St. Catherines is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 438 in the Canada 2006 Census.-See also:* List of cities and towns in Newfoundland and Labrador...
Other places
- St. Catherine UniversitySt. Catherine Universityis a private university in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan. It was established first as a women's junior college in 1966 and became a women's four-year university in 1988. It became a co-educational university in 2004.-External links:*...
, Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota, USA - Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt
- Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
- St. Catherines IslandSt. Catherines IslandSt. Catherines Island, also known as Santa Catalina, is one of the Sea Islands or Golden Isles on the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia, 50 miles south of Savannah in Liberty County. The island is ten miles long and from one to three miles wide, located between St. Catherine's Sound and Sapelo...
, Georgia, USA - Saint Catherine CitySaint Catherine, EgyptSaint Catherine is the capital city of Saint Katherine Markaz and a natural protectorate in the South Sinai Governorate in Sinai in Egypt. It is located at the outskirts of El-Tur Mountains Province at an elevation of 1586 m , 120 km away from Nuweiba, at the foot of Mount Sinai and the...
, Egypt - St. Catherine's British Embassy School, Athens, Greece
- St Catherine Sport and Social ClubSt Catherine Sport and Social ClubSt Catherine Sport and Social Club is a cricket club in Barbados. The club competes in the Barbados Cricket Association Division 1 championship with its home ground at Bayfield, Saint Philip...
, Barbados
See also
- Sainte-Catherine (disambiguation)
- Santa Caterina (disambiguation)