An Historical Inquiry Touching St. Catharine of Alexandria

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Excerpt from An Historical Inquiry Touching St. Catharine of Alexandria: To Which Is Added a Semi-Saxon LegendIr may be mentioned in the outset that Church History introduces us to several personages who have been honoured by the title St Catharine. They are distinguished as St Catharine of Ricci, St Catharine of Genoa, St Catharine of Bologna, St Catharine of Siena, St Catharine of Sweden and St Catharine of Alexandria. Four of them may be dismissed without further notice, since their fame has not extended beyond the places where they ¿ourished. With respect to St Catharine of Siena it is desirable to make a few passing observations, and the rather because she has been sometimes confounded with the subject of this paper. She was born in 1347, and canonized in 1461. Besides the marvellous visions and austerities which made her the boast of the Dominican Order, she displayed much polemical acuteness in the con¿ict between Urban VI. And Clement VII. A zealous partisan of the former, she wrote many spirited epistles in his behalf to persons both at home and abroad. In our minds her name is chie¿y associated with the works of art, suggested by her (so-called). Marriage to our Saviour'. The symbols by which she is recognized are the stigmata of Christ's passion, said to have been miraculously in¿icted on her hands and feet and side.By St Catharine of Alexandria we are carried back to the early part of the fourth century, and as questions have been raised about the name of which she was the first owner, a short account of it may properly commence her history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.