Where and when was the diary of Saint Catherine of Alexandria found?

Answer 1

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St Katherine's diary was found in Ethiopia,and is now in the hands of a British Film Producer who is hard at work making a Film about her life.

Answer 2

A film was made about the legend of St Catherine, and the film claims that Catherine's diary was found recently, allowing the film director to confirm the historicity of the story. However, the earliest genuine documents about St Catherine of Alexandria are dated to the ninth century, five hundred years after she is said to have lived. 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. Even 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.

Any diary found intact after more than 1600 years would be a priceless relic, too valuable to remain in private hands. The diary kept by Catherine of Alexandria, if it exists, would also have the world of scholarship abuzz, as astonished scholars rethink their view that Catherine of Alexandria never existed. Yet no major museum has acknowledged receipt of the diary, no experts have been asked to verify its authenticity, and religious scholars are so far disinterested in its existence; only a movie producer seems even to have access to the relic. So, whatever claims are made for the diary, we can not really be sure that Catherine even lived.

Answer 3

The diary of Saint Catherine of Alexandria has not been definitively found. It is believed to have been lost to history. Various stories and accounts of her life have been passed down through traditions and writings over the centuries, but the actual diary has not been discovered.