. The Open court. phy, science and learning, and somephilosophical schools, as for instance the University of Paris, haveselected her as their tutelary saint. The legend further asserts that Emperor Maxentius, anxiousto establish the truth of idolatry, arranged a public debate between * We have tried to make the ilkistrations in this article and the precedingone on The Bride of Christ as complete a collection as possible of repro-ductions of valuable paintings which have for their subject St. Catharine orthe Mystic Marriage; and we wish to acknowledge herewith our indebtednessfor the very grea
. The Open court. phy, science and learning, and somephilosophical schools, as for instance the University of Paris, haveselected her as their tutelary saint. The legend further asserts that Emperor Maxentius, anxiousto establish the truth of idolatry, arranged a public debate between * We have tried to make the ilkistrations in this article and the precedingone on The Bride of Christ as complete a collection as possible of repro-ductions of valuable paintings which have for their subject St. Catharine orthe Mystic Marriage; and we wish to acknowledge herewith our indebtednessfor the very great assistance toward this end which has been rendered un-grudgingly by members of the staff of the Chicago Public Library. ST. CATHARINE OF ALEXANDRIA. 66s her and the most prominent pagan sages, but she defeated them inevery way so as to humiliate their authority. Incensed at her suc-cess the Emperor first tried to influence her by threats and flattery,but when he saw that nothing could move her, he ordered her to. ST. Ghirlandajo, 1449-1494. In the Borghese Palace at Rome. be tortured on a spiked wheel, and then to be beheaded. The dateof her martyrdom has been fixed on November 25, 307. 666 iiiK c)\Ks (iiriM. The oldest reference to St. Catharine is made in the Meiw-logium Basilianum, a collection of legends compiled for EmperorBasil II who died in 886. In this she is called Aikaterina, and thereport runs as follows: The martyr Aikaterina was the dau,^hter of a rich and nobleprince of Alexandria. She was very beautiful, and bein<^ at thesame time highly talented, she devoted herself to (jreek literatureas well as to the study of the languages of all nations, and so shebecame wise and learned. And it happened that the Greeks held afestival in honor of their idols; and seeing the slaughter of animals,she was so greatly moved that she went to the King Maximinus andexpostulated with him in these words: Why hast thou left theliving God to worship lifeless idols? Bu
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