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St Catherine of Alexandria Parish and School in Oak Lawn, Illinois, is named after her. [ 49 ] 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. [ 50 ]
Barna da Siena, c. 1340. Although Saint Catherine of Alexandria was supposed to have lived in the third and fourth centuries, the story of her vision appears first to be found in literature after 1337, over a thousand years after the traditional dating of her death, and ten years before Catherine of Siena was born. [3]
Dimensions. 72.2 cm × 55.7 cm (28.4 in × 21.9 in) Location. National Gallery, London. 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. [1]
St. Catherine 5101 W. Center St. Part of the Milwaukee West-side Catholic Parishes [26] St. Catherine of Alexandria 8661 N. 76th Pl. Founded in 1855. Church dedicated in 1921. Part of Northwest Milwaukee Catholic Parishes [27] St. Francis of Assisi 1927 Vel R. Phillips Ave, Founded in 1871. Church dedicated in 1877 [28] St. Gregory the Great
Antonio da Correggio. Year. c. 1527. Dimensions. 105 cm (41 in) × 102 cm (40 in) Identifiers. Joconde work ID: 000PE024813. [edit on Wikidata] The Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine (or Mystical) is a painting by Correggio dating about the mid-1520s currently held and exhibited at the Louvre in Paris, France.
Art UK artwork ID: self-portrait-as-saint-catherine-of-alexandria-243732. [edit on Wikidata] Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a 1615–1617 painting by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, showing the artist in the guise of Catherine of Alexandria. It is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London, which ...
Saint Catherine of Alexandria was a popular figure in Catholic iconography. Her qualities are supposed to be those of beauty, fearlessness, virginity, and intelligence. She was of noble origins, and dedicated herself as a Christian after having a vision. At the age of 18 she confronted the Roman Emperor Maximus (presumably this refers to ...
Head of a Female Saint (Saint Catherine?) (fragment). 21 cm × 18 cm (8.3 in × 7.1 in). Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon. A possible representation of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, it is of lower quality than the other two known fragments, indicating that it was probably completed by members of van der Weyden's workshop.