What miracle did St. Catherine of Alexandria perform?

Answer 1

St. Catherine of Alexandria is said to have performed the miracle of converting hundreds of people to Christianity, including the Roman emperor's wife. She also reportedly survived being tortured on a spiked wheel (the "Catherine wheel") and later her captors were struck by lightning. These miracles are significant in her hagiography and contributed to her status as a revered saint in the Christian tradition.

Answer 2

One of the miracles attributed to St. Catherine of Alexandria is her ability to convert hundreds of people, including Roman Emperor Maxentius's wife, to Christianity through her preaching and debating skills. Another miraculous event associated with her is breaking a spiked wheel intended to execute her, leading to her martyrdom.

Answer 3

Saint Catherine lived a very holy and pious life and was martyred for her Christian beliefs by beheading about the year 305 in Alexandria, Egypt. Her martyrdom lead those who knew her to declare her as a saint and that would have been approved, possibly by a bishop. There was no formal procedure for canonization at the time. Martyrdom was considered authomatic sainthood.

Catherine was removed from the Church's Calendar of Saints and her cult suppressed several years back because much of what is known about her is based entirely on legend. Then a few years later she was again returned to the Calendar.

Saint Catherine lived a very holy and pious life and was martyred for her Christian beliefs by beheading about the year 305 in Alexandria, Egypt. Her martyrdom lead those who knew her to declare her as a saint and that would have been approved, possibly by a bishop. There was no formal procedure for canonization at the time. Martyrdom was considered automatic sainthood.

Catherine was removed from the Church's Calendar of Saints and her cult suppressed several years back because much of what is known about her is based entirely on legend. Then a few years later she was again returned to the Calendar.

Saint Catherine of Alexandria was made a saint like any other saint; She lived a holy life which included changing over 200 people to the Christian faith and promoting good academics. She also committed many miracles like at the place that she was buried by angels, many numerous miracles happen.

Answer 4

St. Catherine of Alexandria, virgin and martyr, lived between the 3rd and 4th centuries CE. Catherine may have been of noble birth. She refused her hand in marriage to Massimino Daia, Procurator of Egypt and Syria, because she had given herself to Christ. She protested the persecutions ordered under the Emperor Maxentius was arrested, tortured with a toothed wheel, then beheaded ca. 305 CE. In legend milk gushed from her severed neck.

In art, St. Catherine is shown in aristocratic clothing. Her symbols are the wheel, the palm, the sword, and the ring of mystical matrimony. She is the patroness of nursing women, shipwreck victims, and persons suffering from migraines. she is considered the protector of orators, philosophers, notaries, tailors, and spinners. Her feast day is 25 November.

Answer 5

So much of the purported life of Catherine is pure legend and myth so it is impossible to give a meaningful answer to this question. About all that is known for certain is that she was a young Christian woman who was martyred for her faith. For a number of years she was removed from the Calendar of Saints for the reason that it was impossible to separate the truth from the fable.

Answer 6

Catherine was a convert to Christianity who became a charismatic and zealous preacher of the Gospel. She converted many to the faith only to have them become martyrs shortly after they were baptized. She, herself, was taken prisoner and beheaded about the year 305 in Alexandria, Egypt.

The major part of the hagiographies of Catherine were pure legend. In fact, Catherine was one of the saints to get the ax in the great purge of 1969 by the Vatican. Also included were such saints as Valentine of Rome, Christopher, Ursula, Dorothy and a number of others. All were removed from the Calendar of Saints. This was not a denial of the existence of these people but a recognition that so much of what was written about them was just not factual and not enough true information existed to allow continued universal veneration.

However, Catherine was returned to the Calendar by Pope John Paul II in 2002. 1700 years after the death of Catherine a diary was discovered in Ethiopia written by Catherine ('Jabal Ekatherina') herself shorty before her execution and the true story began to unfold.

Work began on a movie based on this diary in 2010 and the film is scheduled to be released in late December 2013 in Britain and elsewhere in 2014. It stars Nicole Madjarov, Peter O'Toole, Steven Berkoff, William Houston, Joss Ackland, Samantha Beckinsale, Vas Anderson, Clive Fryde, Tony O'Brien.

Answer 7

We can not even be sure whether Catherine of Alexandria actually existed, but tradition says that she converted hundreds of pagans to Christianity, for which she was then beheaded. Some assiduous research has failed to identify Catherine with any historical person, and Donald Attwater calls the story of St. Catherine the most preposterous legend of its kind, citing the lack of any positive evidence that she ever existed outside the mind of some Greek writer who first composed what he intended to be simply an edifying romance.

St. Catherine was never mentioned before the ninth century, and modern scholars have concluded that her legend is fictitious and that the saint herself probably never existed. Her name, which comes from the Greek katharos, ('pure'), is suspiciously apt for a virgin martyr, raising the possibility that her legend originated as an allegory. With no reliable information about St. Catherine, we can not say that any of the traditions about her achievements and good works are true. A popular movie adds to the ambience of the legend by claiming to be based on Catherine's own diary.

Answer 8

A wheel in which was supposed to be used to torture her fell apart.

Answer 9

There are several saints named Catherine so you need to be more specific so we can answer your question.

Answer 10

She rebuked the Emperor for persecuting Christians.