St Catherine of Alexandria, 4th Century
There are two exciting facts about St Catherine. Okay, three. The third is she's my name saint, or whatever such a person is called. The first is - and I only just discovered this - on her day, women who are unmarried by the age of 25 (which I was, very much so) pray for husbands, and make each other bonnets.
She seems to have been a very feisty woman, not afraid to tell the Emperor that he was wrong. Not a shy and retiring saint.
St Catherine, St Catherine, O lend me thine aidThe second is that she lends her name to the Catherine Wheel, a fabulous kind of firework, named after her because she was sentenced to death on the wheel but the wheel broke.
And grant that I never may die an old maid.
She seems to have been a very feisty woman, not afraid to tell the Emperor that he was wrong. Not a shy and retiring saint.
posted by Katie at 1:16 pm
1 Comments:
You have it wrong saint catherine did not exist, yet an amazing woman, who headed the philosophy department at the libary at Alexandria live exactly at that time was a martyr because she was beautiful and intelligent and could argue any man on philosophy, her name was Hypatia, she is the source for the crime was commited by christians who stripped her tore her limb from limb then cut her up using pot sheards then burnt her body she is real catherine did not exist. tony worth
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