Catherine of Alexandria
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Egyptian missionary, saint depicted with a wheel
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Why Is Catherine of Alexandria Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Catherine of Alexandria, also spelled Katherine is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early fourth century at the hands of the emperor Maxentius. According to her hagiography, she was both a princess and a noted scholar who became a Christian around the age of 14, converted hundreds of people to Christianity and was martyred around the age of eighteen. More than 1,100 years after Catherine's martyrdom, Joan of Arc identified her as one of the saints who appeared to and counselled her.
