25 November 2008

St. Catherine of Alexandria

Virgin, Martyr (III Class)
St. Catherine, an illustrious virgin of Alexandria in Egypt, was famous for her learning. The emperor Maximian assembled learned men to bring her to the worship of idols, but they were converted to Christianity. Maximian then ordered her to be beheaded after many cruel torments in 305.

Katie turned in her first paper today! It dealt with Plato's dialogues, and touched upon, among other things, arguments for the immortality of the soul.

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