Saints (was)Re: SCA vs Mundane

[Heidi J Torres]

Gio, Gio, Gio.....

You're getting your Scholarly Babes of Antiquity criss-crossed.

I think you've got S. Catherine mixed up with Hypatia of Alexandria, a 
mathematician.  (I know she was somehow connected to the Library of 
Alexandria, but not if she was the librarian....)

Hypatia, an unrepentant pagan, was pulled from her chariot by a mob of 
early Christians (or so history says) led by some religious leader 
(Cyrus?  I can't remember but I think it began with a "C").  They pulled 
her to pieces.  Some sources say they knocked out all her teeth first.  
At the time, she was a venerable lady of 60 or so.

S. Catherine, in the typical pattern of early martyrs, refused to marry 
nêóthe pagan emperor Maxentius(?).  He called upon 50 of his wisestSô/_v



On Thu, 8 May 1997 njones at ix.netcom.com wrote:

> Daniel mentioned:
> > S. Thomas Aquinas is well-known.úzN½
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there for C. of A.
> > Drew a blacnk on Nonnatus ("unborn"?  Hrm.  Must be a good story.)
> 
> I want to say that Catherine of Alexandria was the Libriarian
> of Alexandria and was devoutly pagan until converted by 
> some Bishop.  And she was martyred by being tied to chariots 
> and pulled to itty bitty pieces.  Thus we get her symbol of
> the Catherine Wheel.
> 
> Of course, I could be (and probably am) wrong.
> 
> Gio,
> who has misplaced his Book of Saints otherwise he 
> would look up her acta.
> 
>