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Catherine of Alexandria

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noun

  1. Saint, a.d. c310, Christian martyr.


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And of the 12 on loan, only one is by a woman - Gentileschi's Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria.

From BBC • May 10, 2024

Lebrun would surely have known the monstrous tool from countless Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings of martyred Saint Catherine of Alexandria — by Raphael, Caravaggio, Veronese, Artemisia Gentileschi, Bernardo Strozzi and dozens more.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2023

Two women are chatting in front of a painting of Catherine of Alexandria, a saint martyred in the fourth century.

From The Guardian • May 28, 2019

For example, there is the eloquently painted “Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Elizabeth of Hungary, Catherine of Alexandria, Peter, and John the Evangelist with Angels.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2015

It was the life of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, the saint whose name she bore.

From In God's Garden Stories of the Saints for Little Children by Steedman, Amy

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