1 Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus St. Catherine With Original Document
Reliquary - Relic Ex Ossibus St. Catherine With Original Document en Brass / Glass / Wax Seal, Belgium 19 th century ( Anno 1857 )
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4 cm ( 1.57 inch)
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Saint
Catherine of Alexandria
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Caravaggio, Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1598–99, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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| Virgin and martyr | |
| Born | c. 287 Alexandria, Roman Egypt[1] |
| Died | c. 305 (aged 17–18) Alexandria, Roman Egypt |
| Venerated in | Eastern Orthodox Church Catholic Church Oriental Orthodox Churches Anglican Communion Lutheranism |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Major shrine | Saint Catherine's Monastery |
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| Attributes | breaking wheel; sword; with a crown at her feet; hailstones; bridal veil and ring; dove; surrounded by angels, scourge; book; woman arguing with pagan philosophers[2] |
| Patronage | Unmarried girls; apologists; craftsmen who work with a wheel (potters, spinners); archivists; dying people; educators; girls; jurists; knife sharpeners; lacemakers; lawyers; librarians; libraries; Balliol College; Massey College; maidens; mechanics; millers; milliners; nurses; philosophers; preachers; scholars; schoolchildren; scribes; secretaries; spinsters; stenographers; students; tanners; theologians; St. Catherine University; University of Oviedo; University of Paris; haberdashers; wheelwrights; Aalsum, Germany; Żejtun, Malta; Żurrieq, Malta; Katerini, Greece; Grude, Bosnia and Herzegovina; Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines; Gerona, Tarlac, Carcar, Cebu, Porac, Pampanga, Arayat, Pampanga, Dumaguete, Santa Catalina, Negros Oriental, Santa Catalina, Ilocos Sur, Santa, Ilocos Sur, Leon, Iloilo, Tayum, Abra, Diocese of Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, University of Santo Tomas; Bagac, Bataan, Santa Catarina (state), Brazil. |