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2 giorni fa · In the Early Middle Ages, Christians conflated Hypatia's death with stories of the Decian martyrs and she became part of the basis for the legend of Saint Catherine of Alexandria, a virgin martyr said to have been exceedingly wise and well-educated.
27 mag 2024 · Catherine of Alexandria - Fifty pagan philosophers are said to have debated with St Catherine, hoping to convince her to abjure ...
1 giorno fa · “This website brings together for the first time the photographic archives from the Michigan-Princeton-Alexandria Expeditions to Sinai in 1956, 1958, 1960, 1963 and 1965, now held in the Visual Resources Collections at Princeton University and the University of Michigan,” per the site.
24 mag 2024 · St. Catherine of Alexandria. Catholics and other Christians around the world celebrate today, Nov. 25, the memorial of St. Catherine of Alexandria, a revered martyr of the fourth century.
1 giorno fa · Alexandria (/ ˌ æ l ɪ ɡ ˈ z æ n d r i ə,-ˈ z ɑː n-/ AL-ig-ZA(H)N-dree-ə; Arabic: الإسكندرية; Greek: Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. It lies at the western edge of the ...
27 mag 2024 · Situated at the foot of Mount Sinai, amidst the stark beauty of Egypt‘s Sinai desert, lies one of the world‘s oldest continuously inhabited Christian monasteries – Saint Catherine‘s.
3 giorni fa · St. Catherine of Alexandria (287-305) was a Christian martyr beheaded in Egypt who is patroness of students, unmarried girls and apologists. Her feast day is Nov. 25. Catherine was born a pagan princess in Alexandria, Egypt, at the time known for its culture and learning.
